Experiencing Life

37-X
AVES
Incessores

A hummingbird comes in to feed at a backyard feeder.

Chapter Outline

Sources

NCBI Tree | Paleo Tree

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Anomalogonates is split into four groups and this page focuses on the three orders in the third split, Incessores.

Anomalogonates
- Coccyges (37-VIII)
- Trogones (37-IX)
- Incessores
  - Cypselomorphae
    - Apodiformes - Swifts
    - Trochiliformes - Hummingbirds
    - Caprimulgiformes - Goatsuckers, Nightjars, Frogmouths
- Picoclamatores (37-XI)

APODIFORMES - SWIFTS

Swifts can be found throughout the lower 48 of the U.S. but not in any zoos. The most commonly observed species in iNaturalist is the Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica), which ranges east of the Rocky Mountains. The second-most observed species is the White-Throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis), which ranges in the western U.S., almost exactly where the Chimney Swift does not. Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) and the Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) are also commonly observed and are found in the West.

Between Joshua Tree and Yosemite, in Trip 7, all three of the commonly observed western swifts can be experienced. The Chimney Swift is common at Cheyenne Bottoms in the Fall.

FAMILY APODIDAE