Parent: Apodidae (Swifts)

└─ Apus (Common swifts)

└─── Apus acuticauda (Dark-rumped swift)

└─── Apus affinis (Little swift)

└─── Apus alexandri (Cape verde swift)

└─── Apus apus (Common swift)

└─── Apus barbatus (African black swift)

└─── Apus batesi (Bates's swift)

└─── Apus berliozi (Forbes-watson's swift)

└─── Apus bradfieldi (Bradfield's swift)

└─── Apus caffer (White-rumped swift)

└─── Apus horus (Horus swift)

└─── Apus melba

└─── Apus niansae (Nyanza swift)

└─── Apus nipalensis (House swift)

└─── Apus pacificus (Fork-tailed swift)

└─── Apus pallidus (Pallid swift)

└─── Apus unicolor (Plain swift)