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Mearnsia

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Mearnsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Tribe: Chaeturini
Genus: Mearnsia
Ridgway, 1911
Type species
Chaetura picina[1]
Tweeddale, 1879

Mearnsia is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae.

It contains the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Apodidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2023.