Cypseloides
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| Cypseloides | |
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| Great dusky swift (Cypseloides senex) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cypseloidinae |
| Genus: | Cypseloides Streubel, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Hemiprocne fumigata (sooty swift) Streubel, 1848 | |
| Species | |
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See article | |
Cypseloides is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. It contains eight described species. They occur mainly in Central and South America. The exception being the American black swift, which has a wide range into North America.
