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Common Swift

Apus apus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Apodidae

The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar contextual development. The swifts' nearest relatives are the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 225,639United Kingdom · 214,525Netherlands · 187,030France · 117,115Germany · 77,769Italy · 23,634Switzerland · 12,352Belgium · 5,895Luxembourg · 938Brazil · 3