Apodiformes


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Noun1.Apodiformes - swiftsApodiformes - swifts; hummingbirds      
order Apodiformes
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
Apodidae, family Apodidae - swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
family Hemiprocnidae, Hemiprocnidae - tree swifts
family Trochilidae, Trochilidae - hummingbirds
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El trabajo conjunto entre investigadores y las comunidades locales arrojo el reconocimiento de 168 especies de fauna silvestre: 103 de aves pertenecientes a 16 ordenes (42 especies de Passeriformes, nueve Apodiformes, ocho Psittaciformes, siete Piciformes, seis Falconiformes, cinco Columbiformes, cuatro Accipitriformes, cuatro Caprimulgiformes, cuatro Cuculiformes, tres Tinamiformes, tres Strigiformes, dos Galliformes, dos Cathartiformes, dos Coraciiformes, una Charadriiformes, una Pelecaniformes).
Percepciones y reconocimiento local de fauna silvestre, municipio de Alcala, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia
The genus Pterotrogus was registered in species of Piciformes and Apodiformes in the Federal District, Amazonas, Rio Grande do Sul, and Sao Paulo (Valim et al.
Feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) associated with birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Northeastern Brazil/ Acaros de pena (Acari: Astigmata) associados com aves em um fragmento de Mata Atlantica no Nordeste do Brasil
Order Passeriformes was dominating with 57% species followed by Anseriformes (7%), Charadriiformes and Accipitriformes (6%) each, Columbiformes (5%), Galliformes and Falconiformes (4%) each, Pelecaniformes (3%), Coraciiformes and Gruiformes (2%) each, and Bucerotiformes, Apodiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Piciformes, Suliformes and Strigiformes (1%) each.
Avian Diversity in Central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit-Baltistans
rufescens (Peters, 1878) Rodentia Muridae Mastomys coucha (Smith, 1834) Rodentia Cricetidae Gerbilliscus (Taterona) robustus (Cretzschmar, 1830) Rodentia Bathyergidae Unknown Aves Apodiformes Apodidae Apus affinis (J.
Rediscovery of the "terrible hairy fly", Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae), in eastern Kenya, with notes on biology, natural history, and genetic variation of the Ukasi Hill population
Among non-Passeriformes, the order Apodiformes comprised eight species (11%), followed by Falconiformes with six species (8%) and Columbiformes with five species (7%) (Appendix A).
Species composition and richness of avifauna in an urban area of southern Brazil/Composicao de especies e riqueza avifauna numa area urbana no sul do Brasil

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