Hirundapus

Hirundapus is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. The name Hirundapus is constructed from the names of the swallow genus Hirundo and the swift genus Apus.^[2]

Hirundapus
White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Apodidae
Tribe:	Chaeturini
Genus:	Hirundapus Hodgson, 1837
Type species
Cypselus nudipes[1] Hodgson, 1837

It contains the following species:

• White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
• Purple needletail (Hirundapus celebensis)
• Silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
• Brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)