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Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 212734

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Apodiformes (Order) > Apodidae (Family) > Apus (Genus)
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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian dejka  [details]
Bulgarian Черен бързолет  [details]
Danish mursejler  [details]
Dutch gierzwaluw  [details]
English common swift  [details]
English European swift  [details]
English swift  [details]
German Mauersegler  [details]
Hebrew סיס חומות  [details]
Lithuanian čiurlys  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κοινή Σταχτάρα  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål tårnseiler  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk tårnseglar  [details]
Polish jerzyk  [details]
Romanian Drepneaua mică  [details]
Scottish Gaelic gabhlán gaoithe  [details]
Slovenian hudournik  [details]
Spanish vencejo común  [details]
Swedish tornseglare  [details]
Turkish ebabil kusu  [details]
Turkish ebabil kuşu  [details]
Turkish karasagan  [details]
Turkish karasağan  [details]
Ukrainian Серпокрилець чорний  [details]
Welsh gwennol ddu  [details]
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]
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
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]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212734
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-08-25 13:14:19Z  changed  Depew, Lorna
2008-08-25 09:45:24Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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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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