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| African black swift | Kap-Segler (Apus barbatus) |
| African palm swift | Palmensegler (Cypsiurus parvus) |
| Alpine swift | Alpen-Segler (Apus melba, Tachymarptis melba) |
| Andean swift | Anden-Segler (Aeronautes andecolus) |
| Andre's swift | Buriti-Segler (Chaetura andrei) |
| Antillean palm swift | Kuba-Segler (Tachornis phoenicobia) |
| ashy-tailed swift | Buriti-Segler (Chaetura andrei) |
| band-rumped swift | Dornensegier (Chaetura spinicauda) |
| Bates' black swift | Mohrensegler (Apus batesi) |
| bat-like spine-tailed swift | Fledermaussegler (Chaetura boehmi, Neafrapus boehmi) |
| biscutate swift | Schildsegler (Cypseloides biscutata, Streptoprocne biscutata) |
| black swift | Schwarzsegler (Cypseloides niger, Nephoecetes niger) |
| Boehm's spine-tailed swift | Fledermaussegler (Chaetura boehmi, Neafrapus boehmi) |
| brown swift | Braunsegler (Apus niansae) |
| caffer swift | Kaffernsegler (Apus caffer) |
| Cassin's spine-tailed swift | Cassinsegler (Chaetura cassini, Neafrapus cassini, Raphidura cassini) |
| Cayenne swift | Steigrohrsegler (Panyptila cayennensis) |
| Chapin's spine-tailed swift | Ituri-Segler (Chaetura melanopygia, Raphidura melanopygia, Telacanthura melanopygia) |
| Chapman's swift | Chapmansegler (Chaetura chapmani) |
| chestnut-collared swift | Rothalssegler (Cypseloides rutilus) |
| chimney swift | Schornsteinsegler (Chaetura pelagica) |
| common swift | Turmsegler (Apus Apus) |
| common swift | Mauersegler (Apus Apus) |
| crested tree swift | Haubensegler (Hemiprocne longipennis) |
| dark-backed swift | Glanzrückensegler (Apus acuticaudus) |
| fork-tailed palm swift | Claudiasegler (Reinarda squamata, Tachornis squamata) |
| fork-tailed swift | Pazifik-Segler (Apus pacificus) |
| Geronimo swift | San-Geronimo-Segler (Panyptila sanctihieronymi) |
| Grandidier's swift | Malegassen-Segler (Chaetura grandidieri, Raphidura grandidieri, Zoonavena grandidieri) |
| gray-rumped swift | Graubürzelsegler (Chaetura cinereiventris) |
| gray-rumped tree swift | Haubensegler (Hemiprocne longipennis) |
| Great Dusky Swift | Rußsegler |
| great dusky swift | Ruß-Segler (Aerornis senex, Cypseloides senex) |
| great swallow-tailed swift | San-Geronimo-Segler (Panyptila sanctihieronymi) |
| Grey-rumped Swift | Graubürzelsegler |
| horus swift | Horussegler (Apus horus) |
| horus swift | Erdsegler (Apus horus) |
| house swift | Haussegier (Apus affinis) |
| Indian white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Hindu-Segler (Chaetura sylvatica, Hirundapus sylvatica, Raphidura sylvatica, Zoonsvena sylvatica) |
| Ituri mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Ituri-Segler (Chaetura melanopygia, Raphidura melanopygia, Telacanthura melanopygia) |
| large brown-throated spine-tailed swift | Eilsegler (Chaetura gigantea, Hirundapus giganteus) |
| Lesser Antillean swift | Antillen-Segler (Chaetura martinica) |
| lesser swallow-tailed swift | Steigrohrsegler (Panyptila cayennensis) |
| lesser tree swift | Ohrensegler (Hemiprocne comata) |
| Loanda swift | Erdsegler (Apus toulsoni) |
| Madagascar spine-tailed swift | Malegassen-Segler (Chaetura grandidieri, Raphidura grandidieri, Zoonavena grandidieri) |
| mottled swift | Schuppensegler (Apus aequatorialis, Tachymarptis aequatorialis) |
| mottled-throated spine-tailed swift | Baobabsegler (Chaetura ussheri, Raphidura ussheri, Telacanthura ussheri) |
| moustached tree swift | Bartsegler (Hemiprocne mystacea) |
| neotropical palm swift | Claudiasegler (Reinarda squamata, Tachornis squamata) |
| New Guinea spine-tailed swift | Papua-Segler (Chaetura novaeguineae, Mearnsia novaeguineae) |
| northern white-rumped swift | Pazifik-Segler (Apus pacificus) |
| Nyanza swift | Braunsegler (Apus niansae) |
| pale-rumped swift | Blaßbürzelsegler (Chaetura egregia) |
| pallid swift | Fahlsegler (Apus pallidus) |
| palm swift | Palmensegler (Cypsiurus parvus) |
| Phelps' swift | Phelpssegler (Cypseloides phelpsi) |
| Philippine spine-tailed swift | Philippinen-Segler (Chaetura picina, Mearnsia picina) |
| plain swift | Einfarbsegler (Apus unicolor) |
| pygmy swift | Däumlingssegler (Micropanyptila furcata, Tachornis furcata) |
| Sabine's spine-tailed swift | Sumpfsegler (Chaetura sabini, Raphidura sabini) |
| Sao Thome spine-tailed swift | St.-Thomas-Segles (Chaetura thomensis, Raphidura thomensis, Zoonavena thomensis) |
| scarce swift | Maussegler (Apus myoptilus, Schoutedenapus myoptilus) |
| short-tailed swift | Stutzschwanzsegler (Chaetura brachyura) |
| silver-rumped spine-tailed swift | Weißschwanzsegler (Chaetura leucopygia, Raphidura leucopygialis) |
| sooty swift | Rauchsegler (Cypseloides fumigatus) |
| spot-fronted swift | Diademsegler (Cypseloides cherriei) |
| swift-flying parrakeet | Schwalbensittich (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift-flying parrakeet | Schwalbenlori (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift lorikeet | Schwalbensittich (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift lorikeet | Schwalbenlori (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift parrakeet | Schwalbensittich (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift parrakeet | Schwalbenlori (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift parrot | Schwalbenlori (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift parrot | Schwalbensittich (Lathamus discolor) |
| swift tern | Eilseeschwalbe (Sterna bergii, Thalasseus bergii) |
| Vaux's swift | Graubauchsegler (Chaetura vauxi) |
| whiskered tree swift | Bartsegler (Hemiprocne mystacea) |
| white-chested swift | Weißbrustsegler (Cypseloides lemosi) |
| white-chinned swift | Weißkinnsegler (Cypseloides cryptus) |
| white-collared swift | Halsbandsegler (Cypseloides zonaris, Streptoprocne zonaris) |
| white-naped swift | Weißnackensegler (Cypseloides semicollaris, Streptoprocne semicollaris) |
| White-rumped Spinetailed Swift | Silberbürzelsegler |
| white-rumped spine-tailed swift | Weißschwanzsegler (Chaetura leucopygia, Raphidura leucopygialis) |
| white-rumped swift | Kaffernsegler (Apus caffer) |
| white-throated spine-tailed swift | Stachelschwanzsegler (Chaetura caudacutus, Hirundapus caudacutus) |
| white-throated swift | Weißbrustsegler (Aeronautes saxatalis) |
| white-tipped swift | Bergsegler (Aeronautes montivagus) |
| Zimmer's swift | Weißkinnsegler (Cypseloides cryptus) |