Swifts
Order: Apodiformes. Family: Apodidae
The swifts are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
- Guam Swiftlet, Aerodramus bartschi (I)
- Black Swift, Cypseloides niger
- White-collared Swift, Streptoprocne zonaris (A)
- Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica
- Vaux's Swift, Chaetura vauxi
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus (A)
- Common Swift, Apus apus (A)
- Pacific Swift, Apus pacificus (A)
- Fork-tailed Swift, Apus pacificus (C)
- White-throated Swift, Aeronautes saxatalis
- Antillean Palm-Swift, Tachornis phoenicobia (A)
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