World Species : Apus apus (Common Swift)

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Apus apus (Common Swift)

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Synonyms: Cypselus apus; Cypselus murarius; Hirundo apus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. The swifts' nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.

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Infraspecies

Apus apus apus
Apus apus pekinensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 6.7247

EDGE Score: 2.04442

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	40 grams
Birth Weight ^[2]	3.5 grams

Diet ^[3]	Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates ^[3]	100 %
Forages - Aerial ^[3]	100 %

Clutch Size ^[7]	2
Clutches / Year ^[6]	1
Fledging ^[4]	43 days
Incubation ^[6]	22 days
Mating Display ^[2]	Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System ^[2]	Monogamy
Maximum Longevity ^[5]	21 years
Migration ^[8]	Intercontinental
Snout to Vent Length ^[4]	7 inches (17 cm)
Speed ^[9]	21.698 MPH (9.7 m/s)
Wing Span ^[9]	16 inches (.4 m)

Female Maturity ^[5]	2 years
Male Maturity ^[5]	2 years

Name	Location	Endemic
Caucasus	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey	No
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa	Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania	No
Eastern Afromontane	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe	No
Guinean Forests of West Africa	Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo	No
Himalaya	Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan	No
Horn of Africa	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen	No
Irano-Anatolian	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan	No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany	Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland	No
Mediterranean Basin	Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey	No
Mountains of Central Asia	Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	No
Mountains of Southwest China	China, Myanmar	No
Philippines	Philippines	No
Succulent Karoo	Namibia, South Africa	No

Prey / Diet

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Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Corvus cornix (Hooded crow)	^[11]
Falco subbuteo (Northern Hobby)	^[10]
Prionace glauca (Tribon blou)	^[12]

Consumers

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