| Subject | English | Latin |
| ornit. | African black swift | Apus barbatus |
| ornit. | African palm swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| zool. | African palm-swift | Cypsiurus parvus, Cypsiurus parvus parvus |
| zool. | African swift | Apus barbatus, Apus barbatus barbatus |
| zool. | Alexander's swift | Apus alexandri |
| ornit. | Alpine swift | Apus melba |
| zool. | alpine swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| ornit. | Alpine swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| zool. | alpine swift | Apus melba |
| ornit. | Andean swift | Aeronautes andecolus |
| ornit. | Andre's swift | Chaetura andrei |
| ornit. | Antillean palm swift | Tachornis phoenicobia |
| zool. | Antillean Palm-Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia |
| zool. | ash-rumped swift | Chaetura cinereiventris sclateri |
| ornit. | ashy-tailed swift | Chaetura andrei |
| zool. | Asian palm-swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis |
| ornit. | band-rumped swift | Chaetura spinicauda |
| ornit. | Bates' black swift | Apus batesi |
| zool. | Bates's swift | Apus batesi |
| ornit. | bat-like spine-tailed swift | Neafrapus boehmi |
| ornit. | bat-like spine-tailed swift | Chaetura boehmi |
| ornit. | biscutate swift | Streptoprocne biscutata |
| ornit. | biscutate swift | Cypseloides biscutata |
| ornit. | black swift | Nephoecetes niger |
| ornit. | black swift | Cypseloides niger |
| ornit. | Boehm's spine-tailed swift | Chaetura boehmi |
| ornit. | Boehm's spine-tailed swift | Neafrapus boehmi |
| zool. | Bradfield's swift | Apus bradfieldi |
| ornit. | brown swift | Apus niansae |
| ornit. | caffer swift | Apus caffer |
| nat.res. | Cape Verde swift | Apus alexandri |
| ornit. | Cassin's spine-tailed swift | Neafrapus cassini |
| ornit. | Cassin's spine-tailed swift | Raphidura cassini |
| ornit. | Cassin's spine-tailed swift | Chaetura cassini |
| ornit. | Cayenne swift | Panyptila cayennensis |
| ornit. | Chapin's spine-tailed swift | Raphidura melanopygia |
| ornit. | Chapin's spine-tailed swift | Telacanthura melanopygia |
| ornit. | Chapin's spine-tailed swift | Chaetura melanopygia |
| ornit. | Chapman's swift | Chaetura chapmani |
| ornit. | chestnut-collared swift | Cypseloides rutilus |
| ornit. | chimney swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| reptil. | Clark's swift | Sceloporus Chthonerpeton |
| reptil. | collared swift | Sceloporus Tornierella |
| entomol. | common swift | Korscheltellus lupulinus |
| entomol. | common swift | Hepialus lupulinus |
| ornit. | common swift | Apus Apus |
| zool. | common swift | Apus apus |
| life.sc., agric. | common swift moth | Hepialus lupulinus L. |
| nat.sc., agric. | common swift moth | Hepialus lupulinus |
| nat.sc., agric. | common swift moth | Hepialus lupulina |
| ornit. | crested tree swift | Hemiprocne longipennis |
| ornit. | crested swifts | Hemiprocnidae |
| ornit. | dark-backed swift | Apus acuticaudus |
| zool. | dark-rumped swift | Apus acuticauda |
| zool. | dusky-backed swift | Chaetura vauxi richmondi |
| reptil. | fence swift | Sceloporus Underwoodisaurus |
| zool. | Fernando Po swift | Apus barbatus sladeniae |
| zool. | Forbes-Watson's swift | Apus berliozi |
| ornit. | fork-tailed palm swift | Reinarda squamata |
| ornit. | fork-tailed palm swift | Tachornis squamata |
| zool. | fork-tailed Palm-Swift | Tachornis squamata |
| ornit. | fork-tailed swift | Apus pacificus |
| biol. | Formosan swift | Borbo cinnara Wallace |
| entomol. | garden swift moth | Korscheltellus lupulinus |
| nat.sc., agric. | garden swift moth | Hepialus lupulina |
| life.sc., agric. | garden swift moth | Hepialus lupulinus L. |
| nat.sc., agric. | garden swift moth | Hepialus lupulinus |
| ornit. | Geronimo swift | Panyptila sanctihieronymi |
| agric. | ghost swift | Hepialus humuli |
| zool. | ghost swift | Hepialus humili |
| agric. | ghost swift moth | Hepialus humuli |
| life.sc., agric. | ghost swift moth | Hepialus lupulinus L. |
| entomol. | ghost swift moth | Hepialus humilis L. |
| entomol. | ghost swift moth | Hepialus humili |
| biol. | ghost swift moth | Hepialus humuli (Linnaeus) |
| entomol. | gold swift | Hepialus hectus |
| zool. | gold swift | Hepialus hecta |
| entomol. | golden swift | Hepialus hectus |
| ornit. | Grandidier's swift | Raphidura grandidieri |
| ornit. | Grandidier's swift | Zoonavena grandidieri |
| ornit. | Grandidier's swift | Chaetura grandidieri |
| ornit. | gray-rumped swift | Chaetura cinereiventris |
| ornit. | gray-rumped tree swift | Hemiprocne longipennis |
| ornit. | great dusky swift | Cypseloides senex |
| ornit. | great dusky swift | Aerornis senex |
| ornit. | great swallow-tailed swift | Panyptila sanctihieronymi |
| zool. | grey-rumped swift | Chaetura cinereiventris, Chaetura cinereiventris cinereiventris |
| ornit. | horus swift | Apus horus |
| ornit. | house swift | Apus affinis |
| zool. | house swift | Apus nipalensis |
| ornit. | Indian white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Hirundapus sylvatica |
| ornit. | Indian white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Raphidura sylvatica |
| ornit. | Indian white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Zoonsvena sylvatica |
| ornit. | Indian white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Chaetura sylvatica |
| ornit. | Ituri mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Telacanthura melanopygia |
| ornit. | Ituri mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Raphidura melanopygia |
| ornit. | Ituri mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Chaetura melanopygia |
| ornit. | large brown-throated spine-tailed swift | Hirundapus giganteus |
| ornit. | large brown-throated spine-tailed swift | Chaetura gigantea |
| entomol. | large swift moth | Hepialus humili |
| entomol. | large swift moth | Hepialus humilis L. |
| agric. | large swift moth | Hepialus humuli |
| ornit. | Lesser Antillean swift | Chaetura martinica |
| zool. | lesser Antillean swift | Chaetura martinica |
| ornit. | lesser swallow-tailed swift | Panyptila cayennensis |
| ornit. | lesser tree swift | Hemiprocne comata |
| nat.res. | little swift | apus affinis |
| zool. | little swift | Apus affinis |
| ornit. | Loanda swift | Apus toulsoni |
| zool. | Madagascar palm-swift | Cypsiurus parvus gracilis |
| ornit. | Madagascar spine-tailed swift | Raphidura grandidieri |
| ornit. | Madagascar spine-tailed swift | Zoonavena grandidieri |
| ornit. | Madagascar spine-tailed swift | Chaetura grandidieri |
| zool. | Madagascar swift | Apus balstoni |
| entomol. | map-winged swift | Hepialus fusconebulosus |
| ornit. | mottled swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| ornit. | mottled swift | Apus aequatorialis |
| ornit. | mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Raphidura ussheri |
| ornit. | mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Telacanthura ussheri |
| ornit. | mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Chaetura ussheri |
| ornit. | moustached tree swift | Hemiprocne mystacea |
| nat.res. | needle-tailed swift | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| nat.res. | needle-tailed swift | Chaetura caudacuta |
| ornit. | neotropical palm swift | Reinarda squamata |
| ornit. | neotropical palm swift | Tachornis squamata |
| ornit. | New Guinea spine-tailed swift | Mearnsia novaeguineae |
| ornit. | New Guinea spine-tailed swift | Chaetura novaeguineae |
| ornit. | northern white-rumped swift | Apus pacificus |
| nat.res. | nyanza swift | apus niansae |
| ornit. | Nyanza swift | Apus niansae |
| nat.res. | nyanza swift | Apus niansae |
| nat.res. | Pacific swift | Apus pacificus |
| ornit. | pale-rumped swift | Chaetura egregia |
| ornit. | pallid swift | Apus pallidus |
| ornit. | palm swift | Cypsiurus |
| ornit. | palm swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| ornit. | Phelps' swift | Cypseloides phelpsi |
| ornit. | Philippine spine-tailed swift | Mearnsia picina |
| ornit. | Philippine spine-tailed swift | Chaetura picina |
| ornit. | plain swift | Apus unicolor |
| ornit. | pygmy swift | Tachornis furcata |
| ornit. | pygmy swift | Micropanyptila furcata |
| zool. | Rothschild's swift | Cypseloides rothschildi |
| ornit. | Sabine's spine-tailed swift | Raphidura sabini |
| ornit. | Sabine's spine-tailed swift | Chaetura sabini |
| ornit. | Sao Thome spine-tailed swift | Raphidura thomensis |
| ornit. | Sao Thome spine-tailed swift | Zoonavena thomensis |
| ornit. | Sao Thome spine-tailed swift | Chaetura thomensis |
| ornit. | scarce swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| ornit. | scarce swift | Apus myoptilus |
| zool. | Schouteden's swift | Schoutedenapus schoutedeni |
| ornit. | short-tailed swift | Chaetura brachyura |
| ornit. | silver-rumped spine-tailed swift | Raphidura leucopygialis |
| ornit. | silver-rumped spine-tailed swift | Chaetura leucopygia |
| entomol. | small swift | Hepialus lupulinus |
| entomol. | small swift | Korscheltellus lupulinus |
| entomol. | smaller green swift moth | Aenetis lignivoms |
| reptil. | small-scaled swifts | Uta |
| ornit. | sooty swift | Cypseloides fumigatus |
| reptil. | spiny swifts | Sceloporus |
| ornit. | spot-fronted swift | Cypseloides cherriei |
| reptil. | Stansbury's swift | Uta stansburiana |
| biol. | straight swift | Parnara guttata Bremer et Grey |
| ornit. | swallow-tailed swift | Panyptila |
| med. | Swift disease | acrocyanosis |
| entomol. | swift flea | Ceratophyllus styx |
| ornit. | swift-flying parrakeet | Lathamus discolor |
| mamm. | swift fox | Vulpes velox |
| entomol. | swift ked | Crataerina melbae |
| reptil. | swift lizard | Lacerta vivipara |
| ornit. | swift lorikeet | Lathamus discolor |
| entomol. | swift louse fly | Crataerina pallida |
| zool. | swift louse fly | Craterhina pallida |
| entomol. | swift moths | Hepialidae |
| ornit. | swift parrakeet | Lathamus discolor |
| ornit. | swift parrot | Lathamus discolor |
| ornit. | swift parrot | Lathamus |
| ichtyol. | Swift's scallop | Swiftopecten swiftii |
| ornit. | swift tern | Sterna bergii |
| ornit. | swift tern | Thalasseus bergii |
| nat.res. | swift topi | Damaliscus lunatus |
| ichtyol. | swift wing oyster | Pteria avicular |
| environ., nat.res. | swifts and hummingbirds | Apodiformes |
| zool. | Tepui swift | Cypseloides phelpsi |
| ornit. | tree swift | Hemiprocne |
| ornit. | tree swifts | Hemiprocnidae |
| ornit. | Vaux's swift | Chaetura vauxi |
| zool. | Vaux's swift | Chaetura vauxi, Chaetura vauxi vauxi |
| zool. | waterfall swift | Hydrochrous gigas |
| ornit. | whiskered tree swift | Hemiprocne mystacea |
| ornit. | white-chested swift | Cypseloides lemosi |
| ornit. | white-chinned swift | Cypseloides cryptus |
| ornit. | white-collared swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| ornit. | white-collared swift | Cypseloides zonaris |
| zool. | white-fronted swift | Cypseloides storeri |
| ornit. | white-naped swift | Streptoprocne semicollaris |
| ornit. | white-naped swift | Cypseloides semicollaris |
| ornit. | white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Chaetura leucopygia |
| ornit. | white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Raphidura leucopygialis |
| ornit. | white-rumped swift | Apus caffer |
| nat.res. | white-rumped swift | Apus cafer |
| ornit. | white-throated spine-tailed swift | Chaetura caudacutus |
| ornit. | white-throated spine-tailed swift | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| ornit. | white-throated swift | Aeronautes saxatalis |
| zool. | white-throated swift | Aeronautes saxatilis |
| ornit. | white-tipped swift | Aeronautes montivagus |
| entomol. | wood swift | Hepialus sylvinus |
| entomol. | wood swift moth | Hepialus sylvinus |
| zool. | Yucatan swift | Chaetura vauxi gaumeri |
| ornit. | Zimmer's swift | Cypseloides cryptus |