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Streptoprocne

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Streptoprocne is a genus of swift
Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows but are actually not closely related to thorre passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with the hummingbirds...

 in the Apodidae family.
It contains the following species:
  • Biscutate Swift
    Biscutate Swift
    The Biscutate Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former...

     (Streptoprocne biscutata)
  • Tepui Swift
    Tepui Swift
    The Tepui Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....

     (Streptoprocne phelpsi)
  • White-naped Swift
    White-naped Swift
    The White-naped Swift is the largest representative of the swift family in the New World and possibly the world. This bird is found principally in western and central Mexico, with one record on the Guatemalan border....

     (Streptoprocne semicollaris)
  • White-collared Swift
    White-collared Swift
    The White-collared Swift, Streptoprocne zonaris, is a resident breeding bird from central Mexico, the Greater Antilles and Trinidad south to Peru, northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil....

    (Streptoprocne zonaris)