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The Common swift (Apus apus), is a species of medium-sized swift, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. The swifts' nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.

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rdfs:comment	The Common swift (Apus apus), is a species of medium-sized swift, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. The swifts' nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.
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dcterms:subject	Least Concern Species Animals Described in 1758 Animalia Birds of Africa Chordata Birds of Europe Aves Birds of South Africa Birds of Mozambique Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Birds of Tanzania Cypselomorphae Apus Birds of Botswana Apodini Birds of Zimbabwe Apodiformes Apodidae Apodinae Birds of Namibia Birds of China Birds of Mongolia Birds of Iran Birds of Afghanistan
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Status	Least Concern
Name	Common Swift
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Species	Apus apus
Genus	Apus
Class	Aves
Family	Apodidae
Order	Apodiformes
Location	Spain and Ireland in the West across to China and Siberia in the East. They breed as far South as Northern Africa , with a presence in the Middle East in Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the Near East across Turkey, and the whole of Europe as far North as Norway, Finland, and most of sub-Arctic Russia. Swifts migrate to Africa by a variety of routes, ending up in Equatorial and Sub-Equatorial Africa, excluding the Cape. Common swifts do not breed on the Indian Subcontinent.
abstract	The Common swift (Apus apus), is a species of medium-sized swift, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. The swifts' nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts. Its scientific 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"). Swifts have very short legs which they use primarily for clinging to vertical surfaces (hence the German name Mauersegler, literally meaning "wall-glider"). They never settle voluntarily on the ground, where they would be vulnerable to accidents and predation.
is Caption of	Apus Apodidae

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