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Pallid Swift

Apus pallidus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Apodidae

The pallid swift (Apus pallidus) is a swift (order Apodiformes). Swifts have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. The genus name Apus is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients to be a type of swallow with no feet (from Ancient Greek α, a, "without", and πούς, pous, "foot"), and pallidus is Latin for "pale".

Distribution

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Spain · 53,977France · 4,039Italy · 2,628Netherlands · 2,110United Kingdom · 236Switzerland · 126Germany · 56Belgium · 38