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Common swift

Apus apus

Family Apodidae. Order Apodiformes.

Common swift — Photographs 1
Common swift.
Photo: pau.artigas / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Description

The common swift (Apus apus) 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.

Traits

Residency
migratory
Diet
aerial plankton (insects in flight)
Game species
no

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Recording: Amikosik

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Photographs

Common swift — Photographs 2
Common swift. Zoological illustration.
Johann Daniel Meyer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_swift'}