Plain Swift
Apus unicolor(Jardine, W, 1830)
English (US) Plain Swift
The Plain Swift (Apus unicolor) 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.
Range: breeds Madeira and western Canary Islands; winters in northern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Apus unicolor
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Plain Swift
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cypselus unicolor
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1830)
- Type locality
- Madeira.
- Original description
- The Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science 1 no.4 p.242 pl.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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