Order Apodiformes
Amber Brown & Taylor Kirk
Classifications
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Cypselomorphae
Order: Apodiformes
Basic info
Types of birds: Swifts and hummingbirds
3 defining characteristics: very small and have short legs and tiny feet, bare skin with no scales on feet, long primary feathers and short secondary feathers, Their young are blind, naked, and helpless at birth
Additional info
3 interesting facts:
the word apodiformes means "footless" in Latin
The smallest of living birds are included among the Trochilidae, the smallest known species being the Bee hummingbird
glues its egg into the nest