#0927 · 🐦 birds

Pallid Swift

🇳🇱 Vale Gierzwaluw ·Apus pallidus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © cog2022 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pablo Pozo · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © kasikog · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © nfeddu · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Isidro Vila Verde · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Alicante, España:© jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Old Town, 20000, Dubrovnik, Kroatia:© Janne Teivonen · CC BY 4.0
8. Zelenodol'skiy rayon, RU-TT, RU:© Denis Ivanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 29650 Mijas, Málaga, Spain:© Keith Yates · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 06840 Alange, Badajoz, España:© juan manuel pérez rayego · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The pallid swift ( Apus pallidus ) is a small bird, superficially similar to a barn swallow or house martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since the swifts are in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles.

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,874iNaturalist observations
weight 41.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).