Encyclopedia > Apodiformes

Article Content

Apodiformes

Traditionally the bird order Apodiformes contained three families: the swifts, Apodidae, the tree swifts Hemiprocnidae, and the hummingbirds Trochilidae.

In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, hummingbirds are separated from the Apodiformes as a new order Trochiliformes.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

KANU

... known as KANU ruled Kenya for 40 years since its independence from British colonial rule in 1963. From October 1952 to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of ...