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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Apus apus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Apodidae

Genus

Apus

Species

Apus apus

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Common Swift

Apus apus (Common Swift · ヨーロッパアマツバメ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

16~17cm · No data (Wingspan 0.42m)

Mass · Top Speed

44.9g · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Open areas with trees and buildings in temperate Europe and Asia (breeding); tropical Africa (winter)

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its weight of 44.9 g is lighter than one egg, and its wingspan of 48 cm is slightly longer than the long side of a sheet of A3 paper (42 cm) (Comparison).
💡 Living close to people, it nests in man-made structures such as building crevices and chimneys and also eats pest insects like mosquitoes (Animal Diversity Web).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)20

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

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📖 1. Overview

The Common Swift spends most of the day on the wing, breeding across Europe and Asia and spending the winter in Africa.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its body is blackish brown except for a whitish chin and throat, with narrow sickle-shaped wings and a shallowly forked tail. Though it resembles a swallow, its wing shape and flight style are different.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It catches flying insects such as aphids, bees, ants, beetles, and flies in its mouth and binds them with saliva in its throat into a food bolus to carry back. During the breeding season it is estimated to fly at least 560 miles (about 900 km) a day, mating and foraging on the wing.