Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Europese Windswael
Common Names in Danish:
Mursejler
Common Names in Dutch:
Gierzwaluw
Common Names in English:
Common Swift, Eurasian Swift, European Swift, Swift
Common Names in Finnish:
Tervapääsky
Common Names in French:
Martinet Noir
Common Names in German:
Mauersegler
Common Names in Italian:
Rondone
Common Names in Japanese:
ヨーロッパアマツバメ
Common Names in Norwegian:
Tårnseiler
Common Names in Russian:
Chyorny Strizh, Стриж обыкновенный, Стриж черный
Common Names in Spanish:
Vencejo Común
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
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)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
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)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
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)
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
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)
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
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)
- Order:
Apodiformes
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)
- Peters, 1940
- Swifts and Tree Swifts
- Order:
Apodiformes
(
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Apus Apus Apus
- Apus apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Apus apus (Linnaeus) 1758
- Cypselus Apus
- Hirundo Apus
Similar Species
Members of the genus Micropus
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
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Further Reading
- A bibliography of birds: with special reference to anatomy, behavior, biochemistry --. by Reuben Myron Strong Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1959 UND url p. 114, p. 210, p. 244, p. 45, p. 46.
- A hand-book to the birds of Great Britain. By R. Bowdler Sharpe London, E. Lloyd, Limited, 1896-1897. ENG url p. 35, p. 38, p. 40.
- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 361.
- Aquila. Budapest: A Magyar Ornithologiai Knt Kiadva, 1894- HUN url p. 100, p. 116, p. 117, p. 118, p. 122, p. 125, p. 14, p. 147, p. 148, p. 159, p. 162, p. 167, p. 171, p. 175, p. 178, p. 185, p. 186, p. 187, p. 207, p. 235, p. 244, p. 245, p. 250, p. 250, p. 254, p. 257, p. 259, p. 260, p. 264, p. 273, p. 293, p. 298, p. 305, p. 306, p. 31, p. 315, p. 317, p. 319, p. 319, p. 324, p. 328, p. 33, p. 331, p. 335, p. 343, p. 345, p. 357, p. 359, p. 366, p. 368, p. 371, p. 372, p. 375, p. 379, p. 390, p. 4, p. 403, p. 404, p. 424, p. 428, p. 432, p. 433, p. 435, p. 45, p. 459, p. 460, p. 466, p. 471, p. 473, p. 478, p. 48, p. 503, p. 513, p. 530, p. 55, p. 557, p. 567, p. 65, p. 7, p. 70, p. 73, p. 77, p. 78, p. 87, p. 93, p. 93, p. 94, p. 94, p. 95, p. 99.
- Asteroid notes. Northfield, Minn, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1934-1950. ENG url p. 80.
- Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Vogelwelt Islands, von Bernhard Hantzsch. Mit 26 Abbildungen und I Karte. Berlin, R. Friedler & Sohn, 1905. GER url p. 291, p. 339.
- Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais. Lisboa, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais, 1908- ENG url p. 200, p. 203, p. 205, p. 206, p. 207, p. 211, p. 212, p. 217.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 313, p. 404, p. 511, p. 513.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 102.
- Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British Museum / by G.R. Gray. London, 1863. ENG url p. 32.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 437, p. 442, p. 447.
- Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. ENG url p. 80.
- Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] ENG url p. 189, p. 190, p. 244, p. 295, p. 329, p. 356, p. 357, p. 358, p. 40, p. 43, p. 44, p. 47, p. 602, p. 83.
- Coloured figures of the eggs of British birds: with descriptive notices / by Henry Seebohm; edited (after the author's death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896. ENG url p. 161.
- Der Ornithologische Beobachter. [Bern?, Ala, Schweizerische Gesellschaft felkunde und Vogelschutz] GER url p. 46.
- Die Vogelwarte Helgoland / von Heinrich Ge; herausgegeben von Rudolf Blasius. Braunschweig: Joh. Heinr. Meyer, 1900. GER url p. 455.
- Falco. Halle. GER url p. 38.
- Hand-book to the birds of Great Britain. London, Allen, 1894-97. ENG url p. 35, p. 40.
- Handbuch der vergleichenden Physiologie / bearb. von E. Babk [et al.]. Jena: Fischer, 1910-24. GER url p. 1559.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 20, p. 214, p. 431, p. 671, p. 695.
- Jahresbericht des Ornithologischen V GER url p. 10, p. 15, p. 53, p. 77, p. 82, p. 95.
- Katalog der Vogelsammlung in Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main, von Ernst Hartert. Abgeschlossen Mitte Januar 1891. Frankfurt a.M., Knauer, 1891. GER url p. 119, p. 254.
- Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California By Elliot Coues. Boston, D. Estes and Company, 1903. ENG url p. 90.
- MagyarorszMadarai; a hazai madilmegismernek vezonala. 170 eredeti szrajzzal 9 mumellettel, irta Dr. Madar Gyula. Anhang: Die V ungarns; Auszug in deutscher Sprache. Budapest, 1899-1903. HUN url p. 178.
- Nos oiseaux. [Neuchatel]Soci romande pour l'de et la protection des oiseaux. FRE url p. 100, p. 156, p. 195, p. 293, p. 321, p. 322, p. 44, p. 93.
- Ornis. Vienna, [1885-1907]. GER url p. 153, p. 173, p. 185, p. 508.
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Berlin. GER url p. 119, p. 146, p. 148, p. 187, p. 95.
- Ornithologische Monatsschrift. Magdeburg [etc.], Kommissions-Verlag der Creutschen Verlagsbuchhandlung. GER url p. 199, p. 264, p. 308, p. 334, p. 347, p. 359, p. 47, p. 79.
- Ornithologisches Jahrbuch. Hallein: V. Tschusi, 1890-1918. GER url p. 124, p. 134, p. 162, p. 183, p. 201, p. 237, p. 251, p. 262, p. 271, p. 4, p. 47, p. 53, p. 67.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 175, p. 497, p. 534, p. 587, p. 690, p. 802.
- Revue suisse de zoologie. Genve, Kundig [etc.] FRE url p. 73.
- System of ophthalmology. St. Louis, Mosby, 1958- ENG url p. 815.
- The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] ENG url p. 3.
- The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark London, R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. ENG url p. 24.
- The birds of the British Isles and their eggs. by T.A. Coward; with 242 accurately coloured illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and others, reproduced from Lord Lilford's work Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands, and 65 photograp London; F. Warne, 1919. ENG url p. 372.
- The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. By Eugene W. Oates. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]1889-98. ENG url p. 166.
- The standard natural history. Ed. by John Sterling Kingsley. Boston, S.E. Cassino and company, 1884-85. ENG url p. 440.
Notes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 272685
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16287999
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 609835
