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Common Swift

Apus apus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 81,888, February 60,481, March 94,760, April 149,080, May 214,949, June 234,388, July 250,810, August 215,695, September 158,359, October 118,203, November 64,592, December 50,483.
United States1,693,791
Alaska1,693,687
Russia6,404
Spain1,814
United Kingdom1,768
England1,573
Germany1,514
Italy1,462
France1,361
Nord-Ovest679

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderSwifts and Hummingbirds · Apodiformes
FamilySwifts · Apodidae
GenusTypical Swifts · Apus

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