Horus Swift Apus horus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013
Text last updated July 8, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Horuswindswael |
| Catalan | falciot horus |
| Czech | rorýs Hórův |
| Dutch | Horusgierzwaluw |
| English | Horus Swift |
| English (United States) | Horus Swift |
| French | Martinet horus |
| French (France) | Martinet horus |
| German | Horussegler |
| Icelandic | Sólarsvölungur |
| Japanese | ホーラスアマツバメ |
| Norwegian | horusseiler |
| Polish | jerzyk białogardły |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Andorinhão-das-barreiras |
| Russian | Эфиопский стриж |
| Serbian | Horusova čiopa |
| Slovak | dážďovník norový |
| Spanish | Vencejo Horus |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo horus |
| Swedish | horusseglare |
| Turkish | Horus Ebabili |
| Ukrainian | Серпокрилець ефіопський |
| Zulu | ijankomo |
Apus horus (Heuglin, 1869)
PROTONYM:
Cypselus affinis var. Cypselus Horus
Heuglin, 1869. Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes 1, p.147.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Northeastern Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- APUS
- apus
- horus
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 Horus Swift
