Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Fork-tailed Swift
The Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Apus pacificus
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fork-tailed Swift
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Apus pacificus pacificus
- Apus pacificus kanoi
- Apus pacificus salimalii
- Apus pacificus leuconyx
- Apus pacificus cooki
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo pacifica
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- New Holland = New South Wales apud Mathews
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.lviii
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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