bird · Apodiformes · Apodidae

Common Swift

Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Common Swift [bird], Common/Pallid Swift. Occurrence records of the Common Swift are shared on GBIF from around 4 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (83 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernApodidae

4reserves with records

167records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Common Swift (Apus apus) — Photo: Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	83
Klipriviersberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	75
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	7
Langjan Natuur ReservattNature reserve	LP Limpopo	2

By province

Northern Cape: 2 reserves
Gauteng: 1 reserve
Limpopo: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Scientific name: Apus apus
GBIF taxon: 5228676
Wikidata: Q25377

More of the Apodidae family

White-rumped Swift Little Swift African Palm Swift Alpine Swift African Black Swift Horus Swift

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.