Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Apodimorphae > Order Apodiformes > Suborder Apodi > Superfamily Apodoidea > Family Apodidae

Apus Scopoli, 1777

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apus affinis (J. E. Gray, 1830)
Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apus caffer (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Apus pallidus (Shelley, 1870)
Apus unicolor Jardine, 1830

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アマツバメ属

Literature

basis of record	Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Apus Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206119

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Apus Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3ad4d9b8-9ac4-43fc-816b-fbb7a4ef00ba

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Occurrence

No data

Environment

not marine, not brackish, not fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206119
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:97068

Last modified

2020-06-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Wim Decock

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