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Clade of birds

Apodimorphae
Temporal range:
Paleocene - Holocene, 60–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Australian owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus
Common swift, Apus apus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Clade: Vanescaves
Clade: Apodimorphae
Sibley et al., 1988
Subtaxa

Apodimorphae is a clade of strisorean birds that include the extant families Trochilidae (hummingbirds), Hemiprocnidae (treeswifts), Apodidae (swifts), Aegothelidae (owlet-nightjars), and many fossil families. This grouping of birds has been supported in a variety of recent studies. There are two higher classification schemes that have been proposed for the apodimorph families. One is all strisorean birds are classified in the order Caprimulgiformes, while the other is the strisorean birds are split into several distinct orders. In this case Apodimorphae is a subclade of Strisores that includes the orders Aegotheliformes (only including the owlet-nightjars of Australasia) and the Apodiformes (the swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds which have a global distribution).

The name Daedalornithes is also been used for the owlet-night-apodiform clade. Daedalornithes and Apodimorphae have different definitions. Daedalornithes is defined as the crown group (the least inclusive clade including Aegotheles cristatus and Apus apus) whereas Apodimorphae referring the total-group (the most inclusive clade including Aegotheles cristatus and Apus apus but not Caprimulgus europaeus, Steatornis caripensis, Nyctibius grandis, or Podargus strigoides, a definition that includes fossil lineages more closely related to Daedalornithes than they are to other Strisores)

References

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