Swifts
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Kingdom | Animalia |
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Class | Aves |
Family | Hartert |
Scientific name | Apodidae |
Mass | Common swift |
Little swift | |
Pallid swift | |
White-rumped swift | |
Did you know | Almost worldwide in distribution, swifts are absent only from polar regions, southern Chile and Argentina, New Zealand, and most of Australia. |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1229670 |
About Swifts
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds.