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Common Swift (Apus apus)

Common Swift (Apus apus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)

About Common Swift (Apus apus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
  • Family: Swifts

The common swift is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar contextual development. The swifts' nearest relatives are the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2006-03-25

    Goksu Delta, Turkey

  • 2006-03-30

    Antalya, Turkey
    Nesting in some of the buildings.
    Image from 2006-03-30

  • 2008-07-14

    Moscow, Russia

  • 2008-07-29

    Barnaul, Russia

  • 2013-11-01

    Kalokol, Kenya
    Not 100% sure on ID.

  • 2013-11-05

    Lokichar, Kenya
    Not 100% sure on ID.

  • 2015-03-31

    Casar de Caceres, Spain

  • 2015-04-03

    Parque del Retiro, Spain

  • 2017-01-08

    Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda

  • 2025-02-18

    Marrakesh, Morocco

  • 2025-03-05

    Guadalmesi, Spain