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  • Common Swift, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Алексей Эбель, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Swift, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) juan manuel pérez rayego, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Swift, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) ruzovdmitry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Swift, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Константин Селивёрстов, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Common Swift, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Антон Виноградов, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Common Swift, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Michel NOËL, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Common Swift

Apus apus

Worldwide
38,558 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

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. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar contextual development. The swifts' nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.

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