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The Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba) formerly Apus melba, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek takhus, "fast", and marptis, "seizer". The specific melba has no known explanation. Alpine swifts breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalaya. Like common swifts, they are strongly migratory, and winter much further south in southern Africa.

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rdfs:label	Alpine Swift
rdfs:comment	The Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba) formerly Apus melba, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek takhus, "fast", and marptis, "seizer". The specific melba has no known explanation. Alpine swifts breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalaya. Like common swifts, they are strongly migratory, and winter much further south in southern Africa.
sameAs	dbr:Alpine_swift
dcterms:subject	Least Concern Species Animals Described in 1758 Animalia Birds of the Middle East Chordata Birds of Pakistan Birds of Europe Aves Birds of South Africa Birds of India Birds of Sri Lanka Birds of Somalia Birds of Madagascar Birds of East Africa Birds of Libya Birds of Uganda Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Cypselomorphae Apodini Apodiformes Apodidae Birds of Angola Apodinae Birds of Morocco Birds of Namibia Birds of Mali Birds of Iran Tachymarptis
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Status	Least Concern
Name	Alpine Swift
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Species	Tachymarptis melba
Genus	Tachymarptis
Class	Aves
Family	Apodidae
Order	Apodiformes
Location	southern Europe to the Himalaya and winter much further south in southern Africa.
abstract	The Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba) formerly Apus melba, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek takhus, "fast", and marptis, "seizer". The specific melba has no known explanation. Alpine swifts breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalaya. Like common swifts, they are strongly migratory, and winter much further south in southern Africa. Swifts have very short legs which are used for clinging to vertical surfaces. They never settle voluntarily on the ground, spending most of their lives in the air living on the insects they catch in their beaks. Alpine swift are able to stay aloft in the air for up to seven months at a time, even drinking water "on the wing".
is Caption of	Tachymarptis

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