Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Apus [apus or unicolor] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Apus [apus or alexandri] (taxon group)
• Apus [apus or pallidus] (taxon group)
• Apus [apus or barbatus] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аБаашжәүарақәа, аБаашжәүыс, аБаашүарақәа, аБахәжәүарақәа, аБахәжәүыс, аУахәамажәүарақәа, аУахәамажәүыс, аУахәамаүарақәа, аУахәамаүыс
Afrikaans: Europese Windswael
Arabic: السمامة, السمامة رقيعي، خطاف, السمّامة, سمامة شائعة
Asturian: Andarón, Andarón común
Azerbaijani: qara oraqqanad, Qara uzunqanad
Bashkir: ҡара ҡарлуғасы
Belarusian: Свіргуль чорны, Чорны свiргуль, Чорны свіргуль
Bulgarian: Черен бързолет
Bengali: ঩াচত ফাতাচ঳
Bengali (transliteration): pāti bātāsi
Breton: Ar glaouer du, Glaouaer, Glaouer du, Gwennili zu, Morian
Catalan: Falciot negre, Falzia, Saboc
Catalan (Balears): Falzia
Valencian: Saboc
Montenegrin: čiopa, pištarka, pištarka, srpić, čiopa, srpić, пиштарка, српић , чиопа
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): пиштарка, српић , чиопа
Czech: Rorýs obecný
Chuvash: çĕр чĕкеçĕ, çыр чĕкеçĕ, вĕршĕн, хура вĕршĕн, шатра чĕкеç, шур кут, шуркут
Welsh: Aderyn du'r llan, Aderyn yr eglys, Asgell hir, Asgell-hir, Deryn du'r llan, Gwennol ddu, Gwrach yr ellyll, Marthin ddu, Sgilpen, Y biwita, Y folwen
Danish: Mursejler
German: Mauersegler, Meuersegler
Greek: (Κοινή) Σταχτάρα, Πετροχελίδονο, Σταχτάρα
Greek (Cypriot): Πετροχελίδονο
English: Common Swift, Eurasian Swift, European Swift, Northern Swift, Swift
English, HBW: Common Swift
English (IOC): Common Swift
English (Kenya): Common Swift
English (United States): Common Swift
Esperanto: apuso, Nigra apuso, Ordinara apuso
Spanish: Vencejo Comun, Vencejo Común
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo Común
Spanish (HBW): Vencejo común
Estonian: Piiritaja, piiritaja (piirpääsuke), Piiritaja e. piirpääsuke, piirpääsuke
Basque: Falciot negre, Sorbeltz arrunt, Sorbeltz arrunta
Persian: بادخورک معمولی, بادخورک معمولی (سیاه)
Finnish: Tervakirskuja, Tervapääsky
Faroese: Feigdarsveimari, Svala
French: Martinet noir, Martinet noir d'Europe
Friulian: rondon, rondòn, sbîr
Frisian: Toerswel
Irish: Gabhlán Gaoithe
Gaelic: Gobhlan dubh, Gobhlan Mòr
Galician: Cirrio, cirrio común, Falciot negre, Noitebra
Manx: Gollan mooar, Gollan ny Greg
Hebrew: סיס חומות
Croatian: Ciopa, Čiopa, Crna čiopa
Hungarian: Sarlósfecske
Armenian: [Sev Mangaghatev ], Սև Մանգաղա և, Սև Մանգաղաթև
Icelandic: Múrsvölungur
Italian: Rondone, Rondone comune, Rondone eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): yoaroppaamatsubame, yōroppa ama-tsubame, yo-roppaamatsubame, Youroppa ama-tsubame
Japanese: ヨアロッパアマツバメ, ヨーロッパアマツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): ヨーロッパ雨燕
Georgian: ნამგალა
Kara-Kalpak: қара узын қанат
Kabardian: хьэбзу, хьэпцӀащхъуэ
Mongolian, Halh: алаг морин хараацай, морин ураацай, морин хараацай, номхон далайн ураацай, сэрээн сүүлт ураацай, хондлойцагаан ураацай
Khakas: Тигiр харачхайы
Kazakh: Ешкіемер, қара сұр қарлығаш, Қара сұрқарлығаш, қара ұзынқанат, қара шулығаш
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara sur-qarlığaş
Korean: 검은등칼새, 서양칼새 / 검은등칼새
Karachay-Balkar: къара къарылгъач, къара къая къарылгъач
North Karelian: tervapiäčkyni
Cornish: Gwennol dhu
Kirghiz: кара карлыгач
Scientific: Apus apus, Apus apus apus, Hirundo Apus
Luxembourgish: Leeëndecker
Lithuanian: Čiurlys, Juodasis ciurlys, Juodasis čiurlys, Spāris, Štaras, Svirulys
Latvian: Bezdelīga, Melnā svīre , Svīre
Macedonian: Мала (Обична) пишталка, обична пиштарка
Malayalam: മലങ്കൂളൻ
Mongolian: алаг морин хараацай, морин ураацай, морин хараацай, номхон далайн ураацай, сэрээн сүүлт ураацай, хондлойцагаан ураацай, Хурын ураацай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia):  ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Ураацай, Хурын ураацай, Цамхагийн ураацай
Mongolian (Transliteration): khurin uraatsai, khuriŋ uraatsai, tsamkhagiŋ uraatsai, uraatsai
Moldavian: Drepnea neagră
Maltese: Rundun, runduni
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): морин ураацай
Nepali: खैरो गाÄथली
Dutch: Gierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tårnseglar
Norwegian: Fjellsulu, Kjærksolo, Tårnseiler, Tårnsvale
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): mehilässyöjy
Polish: jerzyk, jerzyk (zwyczajny), Jerzyk zwyczajny, Lelek egipski
Pinyin: lóu-yàn, pǔtōng lóu-yàn, yǔ-yàn
Portuguese: andorinhão preto, Andorinhão-preto, Andorinhão-preto-europeu, Bacurau
Portuguese (Brazil): Bacurau
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinhão-preto
Romansh: Randurel pitschen
Rhaeto-Romance: Randurel pitschen
Romanian: Drepnea neagră
Russian: Chyorny Strizh, Стриж, Стриж обыкновенный, Стриж черный, Черный стриж, Чёрный стриж
Scots: Gobhlan mor
Northern Sami: Leahttospálfu, Náhkkesoadjá
Slovak: Dážďovník obyčajný, dážďovník tmavý
Slovenian: crni hudournik, hudournik
Albanian: Dejka
Serbian: crna ciopa, crna čiopa, crna ciopa (pištara), pištara, Пиштара, Чиопа
Sotho, Southern: Lehaqasi
Swedish: Tornseglare, Tornsvala
Swahili: Teleka wa Ulaya
Tajik: абобил, досак
Thai: นกแอ่นพันธุ์ยูเรเชีย
Turkmen: gara atgarlawaç
Tswana: Pêolwane
Turkish: Ebabil, Karasağan, Siyah Sağan, Қара сұрқарлығаш
Tsonga: Nkonjana
Tatar: аеры койрук, керәшә, керәшәләр, керәшәсе, яр карлыгачы
Tuvinian: Кара сыйтылаа
Udmurt: вачачи, вожона, вожопӧськы, вожпӧськы, зорпӧськы, кичи, кичи-вачи, кичимачи, куапӧськы, мудор пӧськы, ӟоздорпӧськы, пӧськы, сьӧд пӧськы, яр пӧськы, ярдурпӧськы, ярпӧськы
Ukrainian: Серпокрилець чорний , Чорний серпокрилець, Чорний стриж
Uzbek: қора жарқалдирғоч, қора узунқанот
Kalmyk: хад ширвәч, хар темән харада, харада
Xhosa: Ihlabankomo
Chinese: [Beijing yu-yan], [he yu-yan], [lou-yan], [Ouzhou yu-yan], [putong lou-yan], [ye-yan], [yu-yan], 北京雨燕, 普通楼燕, 楼燕, 樓燕, 欧洲雨燕, 褐雨燕, 野燕, 雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 普通楼燕, 楼燕, 樓燕, 雨燕
Zulu: iJankomo