Swift and Swiftlet Genera (Apodidae)

Swift and Swiftlet Genera (Apodidae) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers genera of swifts and swiftlets, the small, fast-flying aerial birds of the family Apodidae that feed on insects caught in the air, such as Aerodramus, a genus of small, dark-plumaged, cave-nesting swiftlets of southern Asia, Oceania and northeastern Australia, many of which were formerly placed in the genus Collocalia. An entry belongs here when its own cited article describes a genus of swifts or swiftlets. It excludes the swallows, which are unrelated perching birds with a group of their own, although the two families look alike in flight. The group lets a reader compare swiftlets, some of which find their way in dark caves by echolocation, with their relatives.