Treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, the Hemiprocnidae, of aerial near passerine birds, closely related to the true swifts. The family contains a...
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The crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata) is a species of tree swift. It was for some time considered the same species as its eastern relative, the...
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The whiskered treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae. It is the smallest of 4 species in genus Hemiprocne and...
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The moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae. It is found in the northern Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck...
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The grey-rumped treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) is a species of bird in the Hemiprocnidae family. Currently, four extant species are placed in the...
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List of birds of Papua New Guinea (section Treeswifts)
swift, Apus pacificus Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Hemiprocnidae The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They...
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peafowl, brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, black-headed oriole, crested treeswift and Indian pitta. The Indian grey hornbill was not found from the last...
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Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes along with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely related to the true swifts, but form a separate family, the...
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black-naped oriole, black racket-tailed treepie, crested serpent-eagle, crested treeswift, dollarbird, Java sparrow, lesser adjutant, long-tailed shrike, milky...
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in the reserve include the orange-headed thrush, Indian pitta, crested treeswift, stone curlew, crested honey buzzard, paradise flycatcher, bronze-winged...
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hills above the rubber plantations also have mountain hawk eagle, crested treeswift and Layard's parakeet. The agriculture around Kitulgala is typical of...
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List of birds of Solomon Islands (section Treeswifts)
swift, Apus pacificus Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Hemiprocnidae The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They...
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Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars) Apodiformes (swifts, treeswifts and hummingbirds)...
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contained three living families—the Apodidae (swifts), the Hemiprocnidae (treeswifts), and the Trochilidae (hummingbirds); however, in the Sibley-Ahlquist...
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Aegothelidae: owlet-nightjars Worldwide; 478 species Family Hemiprocnidae: treeswifts Family Apodidae: swifts Family Trochilidae: hummingbirds Worldwide; 150...
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changes are minor adjustments. For instance, instead of putting the swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds in the same order that includes nothing else, Sibley...
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†Crested shelduck Crested spinetail Crested tit Crested tit-warbler Crested treeswift Crested white-eye Crestless curassow Cretzschmar's bunting Cricket warbler...
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(6,300 km). Hummingbirds split from their sister group, the swifts and treeswifts, around 42 million years ago. The oldest known fossil hummingbird is Eurotrochilus...
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List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene (section Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes))
This is a list of South American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11...
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basal morphology. Altogether, they were not too dissimilar from modern treeswifts. Fossils of Aegialornis have been found in Middle to Late Eocene deposits...
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Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars) Apodiformes (swifts, treeswifts and hummingbirds)...
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nearest relatives are the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts. Its scientific name Apus is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients...
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List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene (section Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes))
This is a list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11...
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List of birds of Andhra Pradesh (section Treeswifts)
nightjar, Caprimulgus affinis Order: Apodiformes Family: Hemiprocnidae The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They...
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actually paraphyletic respective to Apodiformes (hummingbirds, swifts, and treeswifts), with apodiform birds nesting deeply within caprimulgiformes and a sister...
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List of least concern birds (section Treeswifts)
spinetail São Tomé spinetail Whiskered treeswift Crested treeswift Grey-rumped treeswift Moustached treeswift Long-tailed potoo Rufous potoo Great potoo...
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Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars) Apodiformes (swifts, treeswifts and hummingbirds)...
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List of birds of India (section Treeswifts)
resemble bark or leaves. Order: Apodiformes Family: Hemiprocnidae The treeswifts, or crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They differ...
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List of birds of Thailand (section Treeswifts)
crescent or boomerang. Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Hemiprocnidae The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They...
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List of birds of Malaysia (section Treeswifts)
long forked tails and softer plumage. Gray-rumped treeswift, Hemiprocne longipennis Whiskered treeswift, Hemiprocne comata Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae...
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