Apodidae (swift sp.)

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swift sp.

Apodidae

Classification

Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Scientific:
  Apodidae

Original description

Citation:

Reference:

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
F7D77F4A28916A06

Avibase ID:
avibase-F7D77F4A

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F7D77F4A

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
swift sp.
French:
Apodidé sp.

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): swift sp. ( Apodidae)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 1.50: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 1.52: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 1.53: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 1.54: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 1.55: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2015: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2016: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2017: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2018: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2019: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2021: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2022: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2023: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2024: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)
eBird version 2025: swift sp. ( Apodidae sp.)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: higher-level taxonomy

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: windswael sp.
Arabic: نوع سمامة
Azerbaijani: Uzunqanad növü (Apodidae sp)
Bulgarian: Apodidae sp.
Catalan: Apodidae sp.
Czech: rorýs sp.
Danish: Sejler sp.
German: Segler, unbestimmt
Greek: είδος σταχτάρας
English: swift sp.
[ENAV]: swift sp.
English, HBW: swift sp.
English (IOC): swift sp.
English (United States): swift sp.
Spanish: Vencejo sp.
Spanish (Argentine): Vencejo sp.
Spanish (Costa Rica): Apodidae sp.
Spanish (Cuba): Vencejo sp.
Spanish (Ecuador): vencejo sp.
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo sp.
Spanish (HBW): swift sp.
Spanish (Mexico): Vencejo sp.
Spanish (Peru): Vencejo sp.
Spanish (Paraguay): Vencejo sp.
Spanish (Uruguay): Vencejo indeterminado
Spanish (Venezuela): Vencejo (Apodidae sp.), Vencejo sp. (Apodidae sp.)
Basque: Apodidae sp.
Persian: گونه ای از بادخورکان
Finnish: kiitäjälaji
French: Apodidae sp., Apodidé sp.
French (Guyane): Apodidé sp.
French (Guadeloupe): Martinet sp.
Galician: Cirrio sen identificar
Hebrew: סיס בלתי-מזוהה
Hindi: अबाबिल-बतासी स्प.
Croatian: Apodidae sp.
Hungarian: sarlósfecskefélék
Armenian: Մանգաղաթև (տեսակ)
Icelandic: Ógreindur svölungur (Apodidae sp.)
Italian: Apodidae sp.
Japanese (romaji): amatsubameka
Japanese: アマツバメ科
Scientific: Apodidae, Apodidae sp.
Malayalam: ശരപ്പക്ഷി
Nepali: गौंथलीहरु (swift sp.)
Dutch: Gierzwaluw sp.
Norwegian: ub. seiler (Apodidae sp.)
Polish: jerzykowaty nieoznaczony (Apodidae sp.)
Portuguese (Brazil): Apodidae sp.
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão (apodídeo) sp., andorinhão sp.
Romanian: drepnea neidentificată
Russian: стриж sp.
Slovak: Apodidae neurčený druh
Slovenian: hudournik (neidentificiran)
Albanian: dejka sp.
Serbian: Neidentifikovana čiopa
Swedish: Apodidae sp.
Thai: นกแอ่นไม่ทราบชนิด
Turkish: tanımsız ebabil, tanımsız ebabil (Apodidae sp.)
Ukrainian: Серпокрильцеві sp.
Chinese: 未识别的雨燕科鸟类
[ZHHK]: 雨燕科
Chinese (Traditional): 雨燕科
Zulu: ijiyankomo sp.