Apus [apus or unicolor] (Common or Plain Swift)

Common or Plain Swift

Apus [apus or unicolor] (= 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:
D4815A728EAFF57D

Avibase ID:
avibase-D4815A72

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D4815A72

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178010

Geographic range:

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 or Plain Swift
French:
Martinet noir ou M. unicolore

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Common Swift ( Apus apus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common or Plain Swift ( Apus [apus or unicolor])
Clements 1st edition: Common Swift ( Apus apus)
Clements 3rd edition: Common Swift ( Apus apus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Common Swift ( Apus apus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Apus [apus, unicolor or alexandri]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Europese Windswael
Arabic: السمامة, السمامة رقيعي، خطاف, السمّامة
Asturian: Andarón
Azerbaijani: Qara uzunqanad
Belarusian: Чорны свіргуль
Bulgarian: Черен бързолет
Breton: Ar glaouer du, Glaouaer, Gwennili zu, Morian
Catalan: Falciot negre, Falzia, Saboc
Catalan (Balears): Falzia
Valencian: Saboc
Czech: Rorýs obecný
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
Greek: (Κοινή) Σταχτάρα, Σταχτάρα
Greek (Cypriot): Πετροχελίδονο
English: Common or Plain Swift, Common Swift, Swift
Esperanto: apuso
Spanish: Vencejo Común
Estonian: Piiritaja, Piirpääsuke
Basque: Falciot negre, Sorbeltz arrunt, Sorbeltz arrunta
Finnish: Tervakirskuja, Tervapääsky
Faroese: Feigdarsveimari, Svala
French: Martinet noir, Martinet noir ou M. unicolore
Frisian: Toerswel
Irish: Gabhlán Gaoithe
Gaelic: Gobhlan Mòr
Galician: Cirrio, 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 eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): yo-roppaamatsubame, Youroppa ama-tsubame
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: Ешкіемер, Қара сұрқарлығаш
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara sur-qarlığaş
Korean: 서양칼새 / 검은등칼새
Cornish: Gwennol dhu
Scientific: Apus [apus or unicolor], Apus apus, Apus apus apus, Apus cypselus, Hirundo Apus
Luxembourgish: Leeëndecker
Lithuanian: Čiurlys, Juodasis ciurlys, Spāris, Štaras, Svirulys
Latvian: Bezdelīga, Melnā svīre , 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, Tårnsvale
Polish: Jerzyk, jerzyk (zwyczajny), jerzyk zwyczajny
Pinyin: lóu-yàn
Portuguese: andorinhão preto, Andorinhão-preto, Bacurau
Portuguese (Brazil): Bacurau
Romansh: randurel pitschen
Romanian: Drepnea neagră
Russian: Стриж черный, Черный стриж, Чёрный стриж
Scots: Gobhlan mor
Northern Sami: 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
Tswana: Pêolwane
Turkish: Ebabil, Karasağan
Tsonga: Nkonjana
Tuvinian: Кара сыйтылаа
Ukrainian: Серпокрилець чорний , Чорний серпокрилець, Чорний стриж
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
Zulu: iJankomo