Bird group
Swifts
109 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.
The African Palm Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The African Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The Alpine Swift is a swift or swiftlet of Europe, western Asia, Africa, and seasonal migration routes. It spends most daylight hours on…
The Ameline Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Andean Swift is a swift or swiftlet of African mountains, forests, woodland, and open highlands. It spends most daylight hours on the…
The Antillean Palm Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Ashy-tailed Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Asian Palm Swift is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Atiu Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of central Polynesian islands. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying…
The Australian Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian skies, forests, caves, and islands. It spends most…
The Band-rumped Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Bare-legged Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Bat-like Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Bates's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The Biscutate Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Black Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Black Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most daylight…
The Black-nest Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Blyth's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Bornean Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Bradfield's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Brown-backed Needletail is a swift or swiftlet of East Asian breeding forests and their southern wintering areas. It spends most…
The Cape Verde Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Caroline Islands Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of the Mariana and Caroline islands. It spends most daylight hours on the wing,…
The Cassin's Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Cave Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Chapman's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Chestnut-collared Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends…
The Chimney Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Christmas Island Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. It spends most daylight hours on the wing,…
The Common Swift is a swift or swiftlet of Europe, western Asia, Africa, and seasonal migration routes. It spends most daylight hours on…
The Cook's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The Costa Rican Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Dark-rumped Swift is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Drab Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Forbes-Watson's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It…
The Fork-tailed Palm Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends…
The Glossy Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Gray-rumped Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Gray-rumped Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Great Dusky Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Great Swallow-tailed Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It…
The Himalayan Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Horus Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The House Swift is a swift or swiftlet of East Asian breeding forests and their southern wintering areas. It spends most daylight hours on…
The Indian Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Lesser Antillean Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends…
The Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It…
The Little Swift is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Madagascar Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of Madagascar. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying insects high…
The Malagasy Palm Swift is a swift or swiftlet of Madagascar. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying insects high…
The Malagasy Swift is a swift or swiftlet of Madagascar. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying insects high above…
The Mariana Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of the Mariana and Caroline islands. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny…
The Marquesan Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of central Polynesian islands. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny…
The Mascarene Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of the Mascarene Islands. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying…
The Mayr's Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Moluccan Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of Wallacea and nearby Indonesian islands. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching…
The Mossy-nest Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Mottled Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Mottled Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Mountain Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Nyanza Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The Pacific Swift is a swift or swiftlet of East Asian breeding forests and their southern wintering areas. It spends most daylight hours…
The Palau Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of Palau in western Micronesia. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying…
The Pale-rumped Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Pallid Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The Papuan Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands. It spends most daylight hours on…
The Philippine Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Philippine Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Plain Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The Plume-toed Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Purple Needletail is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Pygmy Palm Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Pygmy Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Ridgetop Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Rothschild's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Sabine's Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Salim Ali's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The Sao Tome Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of Sao Tome and Principe in the Gulf of Guinea. It spends most daylight hours on the wing,…
The Satin Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The Scarce Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends most…
The Seychelles Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of the Seychelles. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying insects…
The Short-tailed Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Sick's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Silver-backed Needletail is a swift or swiftlet of East Asian breeding forests and their southern wintering areas. It spends most…
The Silver-rumped Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It…
The Sooty Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most daylight…
The Spot-fronted Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Tahiti Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of central Polynesian islands. It spends most daylight hours on the wing, catching tiny flying…
The Tenggara Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Tepui Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most daylight…
The Three-toed Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Uniform Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Vaux's Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Volcano Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The Waterfall Swift is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most daylight…
The White-chested Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The White-chinned Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The White-collared Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The White-fronted Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The White-naped Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The White-nest Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The White-rumped Spinetail is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The White-rumped Swift is a swift or swiftlet of sub-Saharan African and western Indian Ocean skies, woodland, cliffs, and towns. It spends…
The White-rumped Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
The White-throated Needletail is a swift or swiftlet of East Asian breeding forests and their southern wintering areas. It spends most…
The White-throated Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The White-tipped Swift is a swift or swiftlet of North, Central, and South American skies, mountains, forests, and cities. It spends most…
The Whitehead's Swiftlet is a swift or swiftlet of South, East, and Southeast Asian forests, caves, coasts, and islands. It spends most…
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