Apus (Apodidae)

**Apus**
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	aragonés: Apus horus; العربية: سمامة; مصرى: سمامه; asturianu: Apus horus; Kotava: Arzentiok; azərbaycanca: Uzunqanad; Boarisch: Apus horus; български: Бързолети; corsu: Apus horus; čeština: rorýs; Österreichisches Deutsch: Apus horus; Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Apus horus; eesti: Piiritaja; euskara: Sorbeltz; فارسی: بادخورک‌ها; arpetan: Apus horus; furlan: Apus horus; Gaeilge: Apus horus; Gàidhlig: Apus horus; Alemannisch: Apus horus; עברית: סיס; hrvatski: Apus horus; Interlingue: Apus horus; íslenska: Apus horus; адыгэбзэ: ХьэпцӀащхъуэхэр; Kongo: Apus horus; kurdî: Vîzvîzik; كوردي (عەرەبی): ڤیزڤیزک; kurdî (latînî): Vîzvîzik; Lëtzebuergesch: Apus horus; Limburgs: Apus horus; Ligure: Apus horus; lietuvių: Tikrieji čiurliai; latviešu: Svīres; Malagasy: Apus horus; Minangkabau: Apus horus; Bahasa Melayu: Apus horus; Napulitano: Apus horus; Plattdüütsch: Apus horus; Nedersaksies: Apus horus; Nouormand: Apus horus; Nyunga: Apus horus; occitan: Apus horus; Picard: Apus horus; Piemontèis: Apus horus; rumantsch: Apus horus; русский: Стрижи; sardu: Apus horus; sicilianu: Apus horus; Scots: Apus horus; slovenčina: Apus horus; slovenščina: Apus horus; српски / srpski: Чиопа; Kiswahili: Apus horus; удмурт: Пӧськы; українська: Серпокрилець; vèneto: Apus horus; Tiếng Việt: Apus horus; West-Vlams: Apus horus; Volapük: Apus horus; walon: Airtchîs; Wolof: Apus horus; 中文: 雨燕屬; 中文（中国大陆）: 雨燕属; 中文（臺灣）: 雨燕屬; isiZulu: Apus horus;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Order	Apodiformes
Family	Apodidae
Genus	Apus
Taxon author	Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, 1777
Authority control
	Q310465; Library of Congress authority ID: sh2015000591; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007409093105171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 8894; ITIS TSN: 178006; Fossilworks taxon ID: 39424; GBIF taxon ID: 2235048; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 206119; ZooBank ID for name or act: A781496E-A512-4944-83B0-D3BD08847E99; Fauna Europaea ID: 97068; Plazi ID: CD7BB1D6-0472-1E7E-FB26-14990AAB25A6; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: e57edd65-731d-4269-a445-697e7d36313d; EPPO Code: 1APUSG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 6611; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000530163; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4643; ADW taxon ID: Apus
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For the constellation Apus, see Category:Apus (constellation).

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Apodiformes • Familia: Apodidae • Genus: Apus Scopoli, 1777

Vernacular names

English: Swift
български: Бързолети
dansk: Sejler
eesti: Piiritaja
euskara: Sorbeltz
עברית: סיס
адыгэбзэ: ХьэпцӀащхъуэхэр
kurdî: Vîzvîzik
lietuvių: Čiurliai
latviešu: Svīres
русский: Стрижи
удмурт: Пӧськы
українська: Серпокрилець
walon: Airtchîs

Included species (for IOC classification 2.10):

A. acuticauda, A. affinis, A. alexandri, A. apus, A. balstoni, A. barbatus, A. batesi, A. berliozi, A. bradfieldi, A. caffer, A. cooki, A. horus, A. leuconyx, A. niansae, A. nipalensis, A. pacificus, A. pallidus, A. salimalii, A. sladeniae, A. unicolor