Superorder: Apodimorphae

Order: Apodiformes

Family: Apodidae

Genus: Aerodramus

Aerodramus elaphrus Seychelles Swiftlet
Generic: Aerodromus ↔ Collocalia
Specific: elaphrus ↔ elaphra
French: Salangane des Seychelles

Genus: Schoutedenapus

Schoutedenapus myioptilus Scarce Swift
Specific: myoptilus ↔ myioptilus
French: Martinet de Shoa
Audio Recordings: G0420, C07-65

S. m. chapini
English: Chapin's Swift
S. m. myioptilus
Subspecific: myoptilus ↔ myioptilus
English: Shoa Mouse-coloured Swift
S. m. poensis
English: Fernando Po Plain-coloured Swift

Schoutedenapus schoutedeni Schouteden's Swift
English: Congo Swift
French: Martinet de Schouteden

Genus: Zoonavena

Zoonavena grandidieri Madagascar Spinetail
English: Spinetail ↔ Spine-tail ↔ Spine-tailed Swift, Malagasy Spinetail
French: Martinet de Grandidier

Z. g. grandidieri
Z. g. mariae

Genus: Telacanthura

T. u. stictilaema
Alternative: T. u. marwitzi
English: East African Mottled Spinetail, Wembera Mottled Spinetail
T. u. ussheri
Alternative: T. u. senegalensis
English: Gold Coast Mottled Spinetail, Senegal Mottled Spinetail
T. u. sharpei
English: Cameroon Mottled Spinetail
T. u. benguellensis
English: Benguela Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura melanopygia Black Spinetail
English: Spinetail ↔ Spine-tail ↔ Spine-tailed Swift ↔ Mottle-throated Spinetail ↔ Mottle-throated Spine-tailed Swift, Chapin's Spinetail, Ituri Spinetail
French: Martinet de Chapin
Audio Recording: C07-61

Genus: Rhapidura

Genus: Neafrapus

Neafrapus boehmi Böhm's Spinetail
English: Spinetail ↔ Spine-tail ↔ Spine-tailed Swift, Bat-like Spinetail, Smaller Stumpy-tailed Spinetail
French: Martinet de Böhm
Audio Recordings: G0423, C07-64
Alternative: N. anchietae

N. b. boehmi
N. b. sheppardi

Genus: Hirundapus

Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail
English: Needletail ↔ Needle-tail ↔ Needle-tailed Swift
French: Mertinet épineux

H. c. xxx uncertain which race is involved

Genus: Cypsiurus

Cypsiurus parvus African Palm Swift
English: Palm Swift
French: Martinet des palmes, Martinet des palmiers
Audio Recordings: G0421, C07-66

C. p. laemostigma
Alternative: C. p. griseus
C. p. parvus
English: Sudan Palm-Swift
C. p. brachypterus
English: West African Palm-Swift
Alternative: C. p. uamensis
C. p. myochrous
English: East African Palm-Swift
C. p. hyphaenes
Subspecific: hyphaenes ↔ hypaenes
C. p. celer
C. p. griveaudi
C. p. gracilis
English: Madagascar Palm Swift

Genus: Chaetura

Genus: Tachymarptis

T. m. melba
T. m. tuneti
T. m. archeri
T. m. africanus
English: African White-bellied Swift
T. m. maximus
English: Rwenzori White-bellied Swift
T. m. marjoriae
T. m. willisi

Scientific: willisi ↔ willsi

Tachymarptis aequatorialis Mottled Swift
Generic: Tachymarptis ↔ Apus
French: Martinet marbré
Audio Recordings: G0419, C07-69

T. a. gelidus
T. a. aequatorialis
English: Kilimanjaro Mottled Swift, Reichenow's Swift, Rwenzori Mottled Swift, Kittenberger's Mottled Swift
Subsumed: T. a. bamendae
Alternative: T. a. reichenowi, T. a. schubotzi, T. a. kittenbergeri
T. a. furensis
English: Dafur Mottled Swift
T. a. lowei
English: Sierra Leone Mottled Swift

Genus: Apus

A. a. apus
A. a. pekinensis
English: Eastern Swift, Dalmatian Swift
Alternative: A. a. marwitzi, A. a. kollibayi

Apus niansae Nyanza Swift
English: Brown Swift
French: Martinet du Nyanza
Alternative: A. pallidus somalicus

A. n. niansae
A. n. somalicus
English: Somali Mouse-coloured Swift

Apus pallidus Pallid Swift
Alternative: A. murinus
English: Mouse-coloured Swift
French: Martinet pale
Audio recordings: C03-23

A. p. brehmorum
English: Madeiran Mouse-coloured Swift
A. p. pallidus
Alternative: A. p. murinus
A. p. illyricus

Apus unicolor Plain Swift
English: Plain-coloured Swift
French: Martinet unicolore
Audio Recordings: G0414

Apus barbatus African Black Swift
Alternative: A. apus barbatus
English: African Swift, Black Swift
French: Martinet du Cap
Audio Recordings: G0412, C0767

A. b. barbatus
English: Cape Swift
A. b. glanvillei
A. b. serlei
A. b. roehli
English: Abyssinian Swift
Alternative: A. b. shelleyi, A. b. nakuruensis
A. b. hollidayi
A. b. oreobates
English: Fernando Po Plain-coloured Swift
Alternative: A. b. poensis
A. b. sladeniae
Scientific: A. sladeniae
English: Fernando Po Swift, Cameroon Swift
French: Martinet de Fernando Po
Alternative: A. apus sladeniae, A. apus melanotus
A. b. mayottensis
Scientific: A. balstoni mayottensis
A. b. balstoni

Scientific: A. balstoni

English: Madagascar Swift
French: Martinet malgache

Apus berliozi Forbes-Watson's Swift
English: Watson's Swift
French: Martinet de Berlioz

A. b. bensoni
A. b. berliozi
English: Berlioz's Swift

Apus bradfieldi Bradfield's Swift
French: Martinet de Bradfield
Audio Recording: G0413

A. b. bradfieldi
A. b. deserticola

A. p. leuconyx (probable subspecies)

Apus affinis Little Swift
English: House Swift
French: Martinet des maisons
Audio Recordings: G0417, C03-26

A. a. galilejensis
A. a. affinis
A. a. aerobates
A. a. theresae
English: Little African Swift, Loeng's Little Swift
Alternative: A. a. abessynicus, A. a. koenigi
A. a. bannermani

Apus horus Horus Swift
Alternative: A. affinis horus
French: Martinet horus
Audio Recordings: G0416, C07-68

A. h. horus
English: Horus Swift
Alternative: A. h. australis, A. h. beirensis
A. h. fuscobrunneus
Alternative: A. h. toulsoni (English: Loanda Swift, Toulson's Swift)

Apus caffer White-rumped Swift
English: African White-rumped Swift, Angola White-rumped Swift, Abyssinian White-rumped Swift
French: Martinet cafre
Audio Recordings: G0415, C03-25
Alternative: A. c. caffer, A. c. ansorgei, A. c. streubelii

Apus batesi Bates's Swift
English: Black Swift, Bates's Black Swift
French: Martinet de Bates

Apus alexandri Cape Verde Swift
English: Alexander’s Swift
French: Martinet du Cap-Vert