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Treeswifts or
crested swifts are a family, the Hemiprocnidae, of
aerial near p****erine birds,
closely related to the true swifts. The
family contains a...
- The
crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata) is a
species of tree swift. It was for some time
considered the same
species as its
eastern relative, the...
- The
moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea) is a
species of bird in the
family Hemiprocnidae. It is
found in the
northern Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck...
- The
whiskered treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a
species of bird in the
family Hemiprocnidae. It is the
smallest of 4
species in
genus Hemiprocne and...
- The grey-rumped
treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) is a
species of bird in the
Hemiprocnidae family. Currently, four
extant species are
placed in the...
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Swifts are
placed in the
order Apodiformes along with hummingbirds. The
treeswifts are
closely related to the true swifts, but form a
separate family, the...
- swift, Apus
pacificus Order: Caprimulgiformes Family:
Hemiprocnidae The
treeswifts, also
called crested swifts, are
closely related to the true swifts. They...
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Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars)
Apodiformes (swifts,
treeswifts and hummingbirds)...
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contained three living families—the
Apodidae (swifts), the
Hemiprocnidae (
treeswifts), and the
Trochilidae (hummingbirds); however, in the Sibley-Ahlquist...
- (6,300 km).
Hummingbirds split from
their sister group, the
swifts and
treeswifts,
around 42
million years ago. The
oldest known fossil hummingbird is Eurotrochilus...
