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Common Swift

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Common Swift

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Also known as Apus apus

species of bird

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The Common Swift (*Apus apus*) is a species of bird classified within the family Apodidae and order Apodiformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata, with its parent taxon being *Apus*. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is distinct from swallows. Its common names include Mauersegler, gwennol ddu, and Vencejo común. The bird exhibits diurnal activity patterns.

Physical characteristics include a wingspan of 0.4 and a mass of 3.5. Reproductive data indicates a litter size of 3 and an egg incubation period of 20. The taxon range includes South America and Africa, while it is endemic to Namdapha National Park and Sela Pass.

Conservation assessments list the species as Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List in 2025, though it holds a regional conservation status of Vulnerable. The Common Swift has received the award of Bird of the Year.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

common swift

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderApodiformes
  4. FamilyApodidae

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Apus
Award
Bird of the Year
Mass
3.5
Image
Common Swift 2025 07 18 02 (cropped).jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Apus apus
Commons category
Apus apus
Commons gallery
Apus apus
wingspan
0.4
litter size
3
egg incubation period
20
taxon common name
普通楼燕
endemic to
Sela Pass
different from
swallow
diel cycle
diurnality
short name
A. apus
taxon range
South America
regional conservation status
Vulnerable
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Encyclopedic overview

Common Swift chicks 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 the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.

Its scientific name Apus is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients to be a type of swallow with no feet (from Ancient Greek α, a, "without", and πούς, pous, "foot").

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Common Swift” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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