Editing Apodiformes (section)

{{short description|Order of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Apodiformes
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Late Paleocene|present}}
| image = Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) immature male.jpg
| image_caption = A [[bee hummingbird]] (''Mellisuga helenae''), the smallest bird on earth.
| authority = [[James Lee Peters|Peters]], 1940
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = * †Aegialornithidae
* †Cypselavidae
* †Eocypselidae
* †Jungornithidae
* [[Apodidae]]
* [[Hemiprocnidae]]
* [[Trochilidae]]
| range_map = Swift range.png
| range_map_caption = Worldwide range of the apodiformes.
| synonyms = * Trochiliformes <small>Wagler, 1830</small>
}}

The '''Apodiformes''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|p|ə|d|ᵻ|f|ɔr|m|iː|z}} is an [[Order (biology)|order]], or [[Taxonomy|taxonomic]] grouping, of [[Bird|birds]] which traditionally contained three living [[Family (biology)|families]]—the [[Swift (bird)|'''Apodidae''']] (swifts), the [[Treeswift|'''Hemiprocnidae''']] (treeswifts), and the [[Hummingbird|'''Trochilidae''']] (hummingbirds); however, in the [[Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy]], this order is elevated to the [[superorder]] '''Apodimorphae''', in which hummingbirds are separated into a new order, the '''[[Trochiliformes]]'''. With nearly 450 species identified to date, it is the most diverse order of birds after the [[passerine|'''Passeriformes''']] (the "perching" birds).