Apodiformes: Order of birds
Apodiformes is an order of birds with long narrow wings and weak feet.
It is made up of the swifts and the hummingbirds. With nearly 450 species identified to date, they are the most diverse order of birds after the passerines.
| Apodiformes | |
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| Ruby-throated hummingbird | |
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| Order: | Apodiformes Peters, 1940 |
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| Apodidae | |
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| Range of the swifts and hummingbirds. | |
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| Apodimorphae | |
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