Common Swift Apus apus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Subspecies (2)
Philip Chantler, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 27, 2017
Text last updated February 27, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese Windswael |
| Albanian | Dejka |
| Arabic | سمامة شائعة |
| Armenian | Սև մանգաղաթև |
| Asturian | Andarñn comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Qara uzunqanad |
| Basque | Sorbeltz arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Черен бързолет |
| Catalan | falciot negre |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 普通雨燕 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通楼燕 |
| Croatian | crna čiopa |
| Czech | rorýs obecný |
| Danish | Mursejler |
| Dutch | Gierzwaluw |
| English | Common Swift |
| English (United States) | Common Swift |
| Faroese | Feigdarsveimari |
| Finnish | tervapääsky |
| French | Martinet noir |
| French (France) | Martinet noir |
| Galician | Cirrio común |
| German | Mauersegler |
| Greek | (Κοινή) Σταχτάρα |
| Hebrew | סיס חומות |
| Hungarian | Sarlósfecske |
| Icelandic | Múrsvölungur |
| Italian | Rondone comune |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパアマツバメ |
| Korean | 검은등칼새 |
| Latvian | Svīre |
| Lithuanian | Juodasis čiurlys |
| Malayalam | മലങ്കൂളൻ |
| Mongolian | Хурын ураацай |
| Norwegian | tårnseiler |
| Persian | بادخورک معمولی |
| Polish | jerzyk |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Andorinhão-preto-europeu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-preto |
| Romanian | Drepnea neagră |
| Russian | Чёрный стриж |
| Serbian | Crna čiopa |
| Slovak | dážďovník obyčajný |
| Slovenian | Hudournik |
| Spanish | Vencejo Común |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Vencejo Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo común |
| Swedish | tornseglare |
| Thai | นกแอ่นพันธุ์ยูเรเชีย |
| Turkish | Ebabil |
| Ukrainian | Серпокрилець чорний |
| Zulu | imvuliyeza |
Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Hirundo Apus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.192.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- APUS
- apus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Common Swift
