Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus(Shelley, GE, 1870)
English (US) Pallid Swift
The Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus) 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 pallidus
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pallid Swift
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Apus pallidus brehmorum
- Apus pallidus illyricus
- Apus pallidus pallidus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cypselus pallidus
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1870)
- Type locality
- Egypt.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.6, no.23 p.445
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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