Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Branchiopoda
()
- Order:
Notostraca
()
- Genus:
Apus
()
- Scopoli 1777
- Specific name:
melanonotus
- Scientific name: - Apus melanonotus
- Specific name:
melanonotus
- Genus:
Apus
(
- Order:
Notostraca
(
- Class:
Branchiopoda
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Apus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. acuticauda (Dark-Backed Swift) · A. aequatorialis (Mottled Swift) · A. affinis (Little Swift) · A. affinis affinis (Little Swift) · A. alexandri (Alexander's Swift) · A. apus (Eurasian Swift) · A. apus apus (Common Swift) · A. apus marwitzi (Common Swift) · A. balstoni (Malagasy Black Swift) · A. barbatus (African Black Swift) · A. barbatus barbatus (African Black Swift) · A. batesi (Bates' Black Swift) · A. berliozi (Forbes Watson's Swift) · A. bradfieldi (Bradfield's Swift) · A. bradfieldi bradfieldi (Bradfield's Swift) · A. caffer (African White-Rumped Swift) · A. horus (Loanda Swift) · A. melba (Alpine Swift) · A. melba melba (Alpine Swift) · A. niansae (Nyanza Swift) · A. nipalensis (House Swift) · A. nipalensis nipalensis (House Swift) · A. pacificus (White-Rumped Swift) · A. pacificus pacificus (Fork-Tailed Swift) · A. pallidus (Pale Brown Swift) · A. pallidus pallidus (Pallid Swift) · A. sladeniae (Fernando Po Swift) · A. toulsoni (Loanda Swift) · A. unicolor (Plain-Coloured Swift)
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Further Reading
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 248.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 112.
- The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 224.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3520655
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4130873
