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Order Apodiformes Peters 1940 (swift)

Aves - Apodiformes

Parent taxon: Cypselomorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Dyke 2001, Ksepka et al. 2013, Mayr 2004, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1960 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxon: Protocypselomorphus

Subtaxa: Aegialornithidae Apodi Eocypselidae Hemiprocni Jungornithidae Scaniacypselus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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