| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Apus |
| Source | |
basis of record: Fry, C.H., S. Keith & E.K. Urban (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London. [details]
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Vernacular Names | | |
| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Aldabra [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tanzania [details]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (169 publications)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 79 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: Length: 16-18 cm. Plumage: uniform dark brown with whitish throat; forked tail. Immature below, white edges to feathers of give a scaly appearance. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black; feet and legs dark pink. Habitat: over coastal waters during migration. Palearctic migrant . <390><391><393> [details]
Remark: Forms a superspecies with A. unicolor & A. niansae [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212734 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212734 on 2013-05-21 |
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