Swifts
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Class | Aves |
| Family | Hartert |
| Scientific name | Apodidae |
| Mass | Common swift |
| Little swift | |
| Pallid swift | |
| White-rumped swift | |
| Did you know | Almost worldwide in distribution, swifts are absent only from polar regions, southern Chile and Argentina, New Zealand, and most of Australia. |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1229670 |
About Swifts
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds.