Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri] (Common, Plain or Cape Verde Swift)

Common, Plain or Cape Verde Swift

Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri] (= Apus apus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Apus
Scientific:
  Apus apus

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.192

Protonym:
Hirundo Apus

Type locality:
Europe; restricted type locality, Sweden.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/212/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
2995FC6532A777E4

Avibase ID:
avibase-2995FC65

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2995FC65

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178010

Geographic range:

Apus alexandri: Cape Verde Islands
Apus apus apus: Western Palearctic eastward to Lake Baikal and Iran; winters to southern Africa
Apus apus pekinensis: Iran to Himalayas, Mongolia, and northern China; winters to southern Africa
Apus unicolor: Madeira and western Canary Islands; winters in northern Africa

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common, Plain or Cape Verde Swift
French:
Martinet noir, M. unicolore ou M. du Cap-Vert

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common, Plain or Cape Verde Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common, Plain or Cape Verde Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift ( Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Europese Windswael
Arabic: السمامة
Asturian: Andarón
Azerbaijani: Qara uzunqanad
Belarusian: Чорны свіргуль
Bulgarian: Черен бързолет
Breton: Ar glaouer du
Catalan: Falciot negre
Catalan (Balears): Falzia
Valencian: Saboc
Czech: rorýs obecný
Welsh: Gwennol ddu
Danish: Mursejler
German: Mauersegler
Greek: (Κοινή) Σταχτάρα
Greek (Cypriot): Πετροχελίδονο
English: Common, Plain or Alexander's Swift, Common, Plain or Cape Verde Swift
Esperanto: apuso
Spanish: Vencejo Común
Estonian: Piiritaja
Basque: Sorbeltz arrunta
Finnish: tervapääsky
Faroese: Svala
French: Martinet noir, Martinet noir, M. unicolore ou M. du Cap-Vert
Frisian: Toerswel
Irish: Gabhlán Gaoithe
Gaelic: Gobhlan Mòr
Galician: Cirrio
Manx: Gollan ny Greg
Hebrew: סיס חומות
Croatian: Čiopa
Hungarian: Sarlósfecske
Armenian: Սև Մանգաղա և
Icelandic: Múrsvölungur
Italian: Rondone comune
Japanese (romaji): yo-roppaamatsubame
Japanese: ヨアロッパアマツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): ヨーロッパ雨燕
Georgian: ნამგალა
Khakas: Тигiр харачхайы
Kazakh: Қара сұрқарлығаш
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara sur-qarlığaş
Korean: 서양칼새 / 검은등칼새
Cornish: Gwennol dhu
Scientific: Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri], Apus apus, Apus apus apus, Hirundo Apus
Luxembourgish: Leeëndecker
Lithuanian: Juodasis čiurlys
Latvian: Svīre
Macedonian: Мала (Обична) пишталка
Mongolian: Хурын ураацай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia):  ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Ураацай
Mongolian (Transliteration): khurin uraatsai
Maltese: Rundun
Nepali: खैरो गाÄथली
Dutch: Gierzwaluw
Norwegian: Tårnseiler
Polish: jerzyk
Pinyin: lóu-yàn
Portuguese: Andorinhão-preto
Portuguese (Brazil): Bacurau
Romansh: randurel pitschen
Romanian: Drepnea neagră
Russian: Чёрный стриж
Scots: Gobhlan mor
Northern Sami: Náhkkesoadjá
Slovak: dážďovník obyčajný
Slovenian: crni hudournik
Albanian: Dejka
Serbian: crna čiopa
Sotho, Southern: Lehaqasi
Swedish: Tornseglare
Swahili: Teleka wa Ulaya
Tswana: Pêolwane
Turkish: Ebabil
Tsonga: Nkonjana
Tuvinian: Кара сыйтылаа
Ukrainian: Серпокрилець чорний
Xhosa: Ihlabankomo
Chinese: 雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 普通楼燕
Zulu: iJankomo