Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Apus [unicolor or pallidus] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

Afrikaans: Effewindswael
Asturian: Andarón unicolor
Belarusian: Цмяны свіргуль
Bulgarian: Едноцветен бързолет, Полски бързолет
Breton: Glaouer Madeira
Catalan: Falciot unicolor
Czech: Rorýs jednobarvý
Welsh: Coblyn plaen
Danish: Ensfarvet Sejler
German: Einfarbsegler
Greek: Απλoσταχτάρα, Σταχτάρα των Καναρίων
English: Plain Swift, Plain-colored Swift, Plain-coloured Swift
English, HBW: Plain Swift
English (IOC): Plain Swift
English (United States): Plain Swift
Esperanto: Unukolora apuso
Spanish: Vencejo Unicolor
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo Unicolor
Spanish (HBW): Vencejo unicolor
Estonian: Saarepiiritaja, saarepiiritaja (saare-piirpääsuke), saarepiiritaja e. saare-piirpääsuke
Basque: Falciot unicolor, Sorbeltz unikolore
Finnish: Madeirankiitäjä
French: Martinet unicolore
Frisian: Effen toerswel
Irish: Gabhlán gaoithe aondathach
Galician: Cirrio unicolor, Falciot unicolor
Hebrew: סיס קנרי
Croatian: Kanarska čiopa
Hungarian: Egyszinű sarlósfecske, egyszínű sarlósfecske
Icelandic: Niðsvölungur
Italian: Rondone unicolore
Japanese (romaji): haiiroamatsubame, yoaroppaamatsubame
Japanese: ハイイロアマツバメ, ヨアロッパアマツバメ
Scientific: Apus unicolor, Apus unicolor unicolor, Cypselus unicolor
Lithuanian: vienaspalvis čiurlys, Vienspalvis čiurlys
Latvian: vienmuļā svīre
Macedonian: Еднобојна пиштарка
Dutch: Madeiragierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kanariseglar
Norwegian: Enfargeseiler, Kanariseiler
Polish: jerzyk jednobarwny
Portuguese: Andorinhão-da-serra
Portuguese (Madeira): Andorinha-da-serra
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinhão-da-serra
Rhaeto-Romance: Randurel monocrom
Romanian: Drepnea unicoloră
Russian: Одноцветный стриж, Стриж однотонный
Northern Sami: Kanáriacihran
Slovak: dážďovník morský
Slovenian: enobarvni hudournik
Serbian: Kanarska čiopa
Swedish: Enfärgad seglare
Turkish: Kanarya Adası ebabili, Kara Ebabil
Ukrainian: Серпокрилець канарський
Chinese: 纯色雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 純色雨燕