kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Apodiformes >
family: Apodidae >
subfamily: Apodinae >
genus: Apus Scopoli, 1777 >
species: Apus barbatus (P. L. Sclater, 1866) >
Africa