Typical Swifts
Apus
The bird genus Apus comprise some of the Old World members of the family Apodidae, commonly known as swifts.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species
Common Swift
speciesApus apus
Pallid Swift
speciesApus pallidus
Little Swift
speciesApus affinis
House Swift
speciesApus nipalensis
Pacific Swift
speciesApus pacificus
White-rumped Swift
speciesApus caffer
Plain Swift
speciesApus unicolor
African Swift
speciesApus barbatus
Cook's Swift
speciesApus cooki
Horus Swift
speciesApus horus
Bradfield's Swift
speciesApus bradfieldi
Blyth's Swift
speciesApus leuconyx
Cape Verde swift
speciesApus alexandri
Malagasy Swift
speciesApus balstoni
Salim Ali's Swift
speciesApus salimalii
Nyanza Swift
speciesApus niansae
Bates's Swift
speciesApus batesi
Forbes-Watson's Swift
speciesApus berliozi
Dark-rumped Swift
speciesApus acuticauda
Apus affinis × caffer
hybridApus affinis × caffer
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.109
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.204
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.107
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.135
Herbarius
1485 · p.108
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.107
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.211
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.208
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.209
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.802
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.386
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.371
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6611.