{"id":25396,"date":"2012-11-05T14:27:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/swift-apus-apus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:14:35","slug":"swift-apus-apus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/swift-apus-apus\/","title":{"rendered":"Swift Apus apus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin. Like swallows, Common Swifts are migratory, and in midsummer they are found in Great Britain and northern Europe, while they winter much further south in southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Common Swift\u00a0<i>Apus\u00a0apus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-269-25396\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1981\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/swift-apus-apus-5.jpg\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Common Swift (Apus apus) (05)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/thumbs\/thumbs_swift-apus-apus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Swift (Apus apus) (05)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1980\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/swift-apus-apus-4.jpg\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Common Swift (Apus apus) (04)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/thumbs\/thumbs_swift-apus-apus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Swift (Apus apus) (04)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1979\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/swift-apus-apus-3.jpg\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Common Swift (Apus apus) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/thumbs\/thumbs_swift-apus-apus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Swift (Apus apus) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1978\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/swift-apus-apus-2.jpg\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Common Swift (Apus apus) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/thumbs\/thumbs_swift-apus-apus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Swift (Apus apus) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1977\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/swift-apus-apus-1.jpg\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Swift (Apus apus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Common Swift (Apus apus) (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/swift-apus-apus\/thumbs\/thumbs_swift-apus-apus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Swift (Apus apus) (01)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin. 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