Treeswift

Treeswifts
Crested treeswift (H. coronata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Hemiprocnidae
Oberholser, 1906
Genus: Hemiprocne
Nitzsch, 1829
Species
4; see text

Treeswifts, or crested swifts, are a family, the Hemiprocnidae, of aerial birds, closely related to the true swifts. The family contains a single genus, Hemiprocne, with four species. They are distributed from India and Southeast Asia through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

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