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Common Swift

Korscheltellus lupulina

Classification

Class
Insecta

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

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 3,050Germany · 2,380Netherlands · 2,249France · 878Switzerland · 473Luxembourg · 47Italy · 24Belgium · 18Spain · 15