Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Swifts :: Common Swift

Common Swift Apus apus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Northern Swift, European Swift, Swift, Eurasian Swift
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Aiguamolls de lEmporda, Cataluna, Spain - May 11, 2002 © Pascal Dubois  Aiguamolls de lEmporda, Cataluna, Spain - May 11, 2002 © Pascal Dubois  Melgven, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Jul 17, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard  Melgven, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Jul 17, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard  Melgven, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Jul 17, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard 
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Range

Europe to e. Asia;
(1) W. Europe from the British Isles to n. Scandinavia e. through nw. and c. Russia to sw. Siberia and Mongolia and s. to nw. Africa and Mediterranean Basin.
Winters in Africa.
(2) Turkey and Middle East, Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan n. Pakistan and n. India to n. China.
Winters in India? and e. and s. Africa.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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