Category Archives: Apodiformes

Swift Extricating Itself from Nesthole

Apodiformes

Place: Ilam Hall, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 24 May 2021.





[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

The sound of the swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

Distribution and sightings of the swift across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the swift across the British Isles

Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Alberobello, Italy
Date: 12 June 2016.




Place: Nafplio, Greece
Date: 31 August 2019.





Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.



[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

The sound of the swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the swift across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the swift across the British Isles

Alpine Swift Nestling

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 19 June 2017.


[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

The sound of the Alpine swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Vincent Pourchaire)

Distribution of the Alpine swift across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution of the Alpine swift across the British Isles

Alpine Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 19 June 2017.






[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

The sound of the Alpine swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution of the Alpine swift across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Swift

Apodiformes

Place: Thirlwall Castle, Northumbria
Date: 1 July 2018.




[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

The sound of the swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the common swift across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Alpine Swifts in a Crevice

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia
Dates: 19 June 2017.









[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

The sound of the Alpine swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution of the Alpine swift across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Apodiformes

Place: Guango hummingbird sanctuary, Ecuador
Dates: 6 August 2010.



[Boissonneaua matthewsii, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chestnut-breasted coronet]

The sound of the chestnut-breasted coronet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mitch Lysinger)

Common Swift

Apodiformes

Place: Lerida, Catalunya, Spain
Dates: 25 June 2017.




















[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

The sound of the swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the common swift across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Alpine Swift Nestling

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia
Dates: 19 June 2017.








[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

The sound of the alpine swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution of the alpine swift across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Apodiformes

Place: Abraão, Ihla Grande, Brazil
Dates: 29 April 2014.


Place: Paraty, Brazil
Dates: 27 April 2014.




[Eupetomena macroura, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swallow-tailed hummingbird]

The sound of the swallow-tailed hummingbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Blamires)