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Swifts
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
83 species
worldwide;
9-25 cm; bill very small, decurved; gape broad; neck short; body compact; wings very long, pointed; tail sometimes spine-tipped; legs very short; feet strong, pamprodactyl; claws strong;
highly aerial insectivores;
often colonial; sexes similar; monogamous; 1-6 eggs; wide diversity of nest types.
Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila calling