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Apus pallidus (Pallid swift)
Bruinwindswael [Afrikaans]; Vale gierzwaluw [Dutch];
Martinet pâle [French]; Fahlsegler [German]; Andorinhão-pálido [Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Apodiformes >
Family: Apodidae
Distribution and habitat
Breeds in the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East,
heading south in the non-breeding season to the Sahel, from Gambia to Sudan. It
is a rare vagrant to southern Africa, recorded once in Kuruman,
Northern Cape on the 12th of February 1904. It can occur in
almost any mountainous or coastal habitat.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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