Apus pacificus (Pacific Swift)

Pacific Swift

Apus pacificus (Latham, J 1801)

The Pacific swift is a species of bird that is part of the Swift family. It breeds in eastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, spending the northern hemisphere's winter in Southeast Asia and Australia. The general shape and blackish plumage recall its relative, the common swift, from which it is distinguished by a white rump band and heavily marked underparts. The sexes are identical in appearance, although young birds can be identified by pale fringes to the wing feathers that are absent in adults. This swift's main call is a screech typical of its family. It is one of a group of closely related Asian swifts formerly regarded as one species. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Latham, J 1801)

Reference:
Suppl. Indicis Orn.

Protonym:
Hirundo pacifica

Type locality:
New Holland = New South Wales apud Mathews

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/64/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
E23EBEFB47EB1EB0

Avibase ID:
avibase-E23EBEFB

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E23EBEFB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178008

Geographic range:

Apus pacificus pacificus: Siberia to Kamchatka, northern China, and northern Japan; winters Indonesia, Melanesia, and Australia including Tasmania
Apus pacificus kanoi: breeds southern Japan, eastern China, Taiwan, and northern Philippines (Batan Islands); winters in southeastern Asia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Pacific Swift
Catalan:
Falciot del Pacífic
Czech:
rorýs východoasijský
Danish:
Orientsejler
German:
Pazifiksegler
Spanish:
Vencejo del Pacífico
Spanish (Spain):
Vencejo del Pacífico
Finnish:
aasiankiitäjä
French:
Martinet de Sibérie
Croatian:
bjelopjegava čiopa
Hungarian:
keleti sarlósfecske
Icelandic:
Forksvölungur
Italian:
Rondone codaforcuta
Japanese (romaji):
amatsubame
Japanese:
アマツバメ
Lithuanian:
Rytinis čiurlys
Dutch:
Siberische Gierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gaffelseglar
Norwegian:
Gaffelseiler
Polish:
jerzyk białorzytny
Portuguese:
Andorinhão-asiático
Portuguese (Portugal):
Andorinhão-asiático
Russian:
Белопоясный стриж
Slovak:
dážďovník bielochrbtý
Serbian:
Pacifička čiopa
Swedish:
orientseglare
Ukrainian:
Серпокрилець сибірський
Chinese:
白腰雨燕
Chinese (Traditional):
叉尾雨燕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2015: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2016: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2017: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2018: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Pacific Swift ( Apus pacificus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Apus pacificus pacificus [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Apus pacificus pacificus [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Apus [pacificus, salimalii or leuconyx] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other related concepts

Apus [pacificus or cooki] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Mikstertwindswael
Azerbaijani: ağqurşaq uzunqanad
Bulgarian: Белопоясен бързолет, Сибирски бързолет
Bengali: চেরালেজ বাতাসি, হচযামরজ ফাতাচ঳
Bengali (transliteration): cērālēja bātāsi
Breton: Glaouer-Siberia
Catalan: Falciot del Pacífic
Valencian: Falcia espinosa
Czech: Rorýs pacifický, rorýs východoasijský
Chuvash: шур пилĕклĕ вĕршĕн
Welsh: Coblyn y Môr Tawel
Danish: Orientsejler, Orient-sejler
German: Pazifiksegler
Greek: Σταχτάρα τoυ Ειρηvικoύ, Σταχτάρα του Ειρηνικού
English: Fork-tailed swift, Large white-rumped swift, Larger white-rumped swift, Northern white-rumped swift, Pacific Swift
English, HBW: Pacific Swift (Pacific)
English (IOC): Pacific Swift
English (United States): Pacific Swift
Esperanto: Forkvosta apuso, Pacifika apuso
Spanish: Vencejo del Pacífico
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo del Pacífico
Spanish (HBW): Vencejo del Pacífico
Estonian: Idapiiritaja, idapiiritaja e. ida-piirpääsuke, ida-piirpääsuke
Evenki: karadshigéi, kygar, бе̄лика̄, ве̄лика̄, ве̄лика̄л, кэрбэй
Persian: Spálfocihran
Finnish: aasiankiitäjä
French: Martinet de Sibérie, Martinet de Sibérie (pacificus)
Frisian: Sibearyske toerswel
Irish: Gabhlán gaoithe ciúinmhuirí
Galician: Cirrio cafre, Cirrio do Pacífico
Manx: Gollan y Cheayn Sheealtagh
Hebrew: סיס פסיפי, סיס צר־שת
Croatian: bjelopjegava čiopa
Hungarian: keleti sarlósfecske
Indonesian: Burung Kapinis Laut, Kapinis laut
Icelandic: Forksvölungur
Italian: Rondone codaforcuta
Japanese (romaji): amatsubame, Ama-tsubame
Japanese: アマツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): 雨燕
Mongolian, Halh: ойн моринураацай, ойн ураацай
Kazakh: Ақбел сұрқарлығаш, ақбел шулығаш
Kazakh (Transliteration): aq-bel sur-qarlığaş
Korean: 칼새
Korean (Transliteration): kal-sae
Kirghiz: ак бел карлыгач
Scientific: Apus pacificus, Apus pacificus pacificus, Hirundo pacifica, Micropus colcloughi, Micropus pacificus kamtschaticus, Micropus pacificus kurodae, Micropus pacificus tormenti
Lithuanian: Rytinis čiurlys
Latvian: šķeltastes svīre
Macedonian: Пацифичка пиштарка
Mongolian: Алаг морин хараацай, Морин ураацай, ойн моринураацай, ойн ураацай, согсор ураацай, Хондлой цагаан ураацай, Хондлойцагаан ураацай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠨᠳᠣᠯᠠᠢ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Морин ураацай
Mongolian (Transliteration): alag moriŋ kharaatsai, khondloi-tsag aaŋ uraatsai, moriŋ uraatsai
Malay: Burung Layang-layang Ekor Cabang, Burung Layang-layang Timur
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): согсор ураацай
Nepali: पुच्छरकापे गाÄथली
Dutch: Siberische Gierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gaffelseglar
Norwegian: Gaffelseiler
Polish: jerzyk białorzytny
Pinyin: bái-wěi-gēn má-yàn, bái-wěi-gēn yǔ-yàn, bái-yāo yǔ-yàn, chā-wěi yǔ-yàn, xiǎo yǔ-yàn, yě-yàn, yǔ-yàn
Portuguese: Andorinhão-asiático
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinhão-asiático
Rhaeto-Romance: Randurel dal Pacific
Romanian: Drepnea de Pacific
Russian: Белопоясничный стриж, Белопоясный стриж, Стриж белопоясный
Yakut: стриж, хайа хараҥаччыта
Northern Sami: Spálfocihran
Slovak: dážďovník bielochrbtý
Slovenian: daljnovzhodni hudournik
Serbian: Pacifička čiopa, Tihookeanska čiopa
Swedish: Orientseglare
Thai: นกแอ่นตะโพกขาวแถบกว้าง, นกแอ่นตะโพกขาวหางแฉก
Thai (Transliteration): nók àeen tà-pʰôok-kʰăaw hăaŋ-cʰàeek
Turkish: Pasifik Ebabili, Ақбел сұрқарлығаш
Tatar: ак билле керәшә
Tuvinian: Ак курлуг сыйтылаа
Ukrainian: Серпокрилець сибірський
Uzbek: оқбел узунқанот
Vietnamese: Chim Yến hông trắng, Yến hông trắng
Chinese: 白尾根雨燕, 白尾根麻燕, 白腰雨燕, 野燕, 雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 叉尾雨燕, 叉尾雨燕〔白腰雨燕〕, 白尾根雨燕, 白尾根麻燕, 白腰雨燕, 野燕, 雨燕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 叉尾雨燕, 小雨燕, 白腰雨燕
Chinese (Taiwan): 叉尾雨燕, 小雨燕, 白腰雨燕