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Common Swift

Apus apus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Common Swift - Apus apus Gianluca Congi 2024-06-15 San Giovanni in Fiore (near Lorica), Provincia di Cosenza, Calabria, Cosenza (Italy) (1300 m) flight call - [also] [sono] 915910
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Nelson Conceição 2020-05-26 , Tavira (Portugal)   -   239059451
macaulaylibrary.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Susanne Kuijpers 2024-06-22 Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Berkel en Rodenrijs (former) (Netherlands) (0 m) call, flight call - [sono] 915511
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Uku Paal 2022-05-24 Kurgja, Põhja-Pärnumaa Rural Municipality, Pärnu maakond, Pärnu (Estonia) (40 m) flight call -

hpf

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 739046
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Nelson Conceição 2020-05-26 Santa Maria (Laranjais), Tavira, Faro, Alcoutim (Portugal) (10 m) flight call -

Recorder: Zoom H1n

Windscreen: Zoom WSU-1

Editing: Audacity (High-pass filter 250Hz/6dB, sound normalized to -3dB).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 562579
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Rafael Costas 2026-06-23 Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Vigo (Spain) (40 m) flight call - [sono] 1150256
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Stephan Risch 2020-07-28 D, B, Spandau, Wröhmännerpark, Berlin (Germany) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 586085
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Susanne Kuijpers 2021-06-24 Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands) (0 m) call, flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 659032
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus TaQini 樂行 2024-05-18 石榴庄公园-四环桥下, Bei Jing Shi, Beijing (China) (30 m) call, flight call - [sono] 903877
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Jack Berteau 2016-07-19 Poitiers, Vienne, Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (France) (100 m) flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 341948
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Albert Lastukhin 2015-07-17 Kozlovskiy rayon, Chuvashia, Chuvashia, Republic of (Russian Federation) (50 m) flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 269740
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus David Darrell-Lambert 2021-07-21 Spurn Bird Observatory, Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (10 m) song - [sono] 1059016
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Manuel Grosselet 2017-05-27 Prieuré de Marcevol, Arboussols, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, Pyrénées-Orientales (France) (550 m) flight call -

wildtronics mono amplified DR05 AT LEAST TWO BIRDS CALLING.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 374760
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Ulf Elman 2023-06-29 Eka, Trögden, Uppland, Enköping (Sweden) (0 m) song -

SNR 50dB(ISO/ITU).

 813064
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus apus Ruslan Mazuryk 2017-05-07 Volochys'k, Volochys'kyi district, Khmel'nyts'ka oblast, Khmel'nyts'kyy (Ukraine) (? m) flight call -

The recording is made in the center of the town (The record was cut from the main file)

bird-seen:no

 368207
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Michel Veldt 2021-05-09 Breskens, Telpost, Sluis (Netherlands) (10 m) call - [sono] 768541
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Susanne Kuijpers 2021-07-10 Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Berkel en Rodenrijs (former) (Netherlands) (0 m) adult, call, flight call -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 662362
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Adam Gruszczyński 2021-06-15 Torfox. Jankiewicz B. (near Wrocław), Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Dolnośląskie (Poland) (110 m) adult, call, duet, female, flight call, male -

The loudest call belongs to the swift vocalizing from the nest. The remaining calls belong to the birds vocalizing in flight.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 656996
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus FREDERIC Lionel 2023-06-26 Arrondissement d'Orléans (near Chécy), Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, Loiret (France) (110 m) duet, flight call - [sono] 844329
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Manceau Lionel 2021-06-03 Coudray, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, Mayenne (France) (70 m) adult, flight call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 654115
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Susanne Kuijpers 2024-06-28 Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Berkel en Rodenrijs (former) (Netherlands) (0 m) call, flight call - [sono] 917385
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Lucía González 2026-04-20 , Sevilla (Spain)   -   655476154
macaulaylibrary.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Gunnar Dolk 2021-06-24 Observatoriegatan (near Stockholm), Stockholm Municipality, Stockholms län, Stockholm (Sweden) (40 m) adult, duet, female, male -

I think it is the pair,possibly only one adult(?),calling from the nest,just under a terrace in a house in the center of Stockholm.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 658975
xeno-canto.org
Common Swift - Apus apus Sven Kransel 2021-05-17 Uetze Schulzentrum (near Uetze), Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony (Germany) (50 m) call, song -

Tascam DR-05X - recording not modified. Recorded at nesting site which is located under a window bench of the local community adminstration building. Calls are all from birds in the nest, not from flying birds.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 649450
xeno-canto.org
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