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    (c) Niall Perrins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Ernest Porter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Ben Tsai蔡維哲, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Paul, all rights reserved

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    (c) Paul Cools, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Little Swift

Apus affinis

Worldwide
7,191 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The little swift (Apus affinis), is a small bird, superficially similar to a barn swallow or house martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. The former eastern race, house swift, is usually considered a separate species, Apus nipalensis.

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