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Cypseloidinae

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The Cypseloidinae are a subfamily of swifts and contain the following species:

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Apodidae
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taxon name
Cypseloidinae
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subfamily
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Cypseloides
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The Cypseloidinae are a subfamily of swifts and contain the following species: Genus Cypseloides Spot-fronted swift (Cypseloides cherriei) White-chinned swift (Cypseloides cryptus) Sooty swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) White-chested swift (Cypseloides lemosi) Rothschild's swift (Cypseloides rothschildi) Great dusky swift (Cypseloides senex) White-fronted swift (Cypseloides storeri) American black swift (Cypseloides niger) Subspecies: C. n. borealis, C. n. costaricensis, & C. n. niger Genus Streptoprocne Biscutate swift (Streptoprocne biscutata) Subspecies: S. b. seridoensis, & S. b. biscutata Tepui swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi) White-naped swift (Streptoprocne semicollaris) White-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) Subspecies: S. z. mexicana, S. z. bouchellii, S. z. pallidifrons, S. z. minor, S. z. albicincta, S. z. subtropicalis, S. z. altissima, S. z. kuenzeli, & S. z. zonaris Chestnut-collared swift (Streptoprocne rutila) Subspecies: S. r. griseifrons, S. r. brunnitorques. & S. r. rutila

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cypseloidinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.