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Alpine Swift

(Apus [Tachymarptis] melba)
German name(s): "Alpensegler"
Size: 20-23 cm; wing span 55-60 cm
Weight: ca. 100 g (average)

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Alpine Swift at Wikipedia .

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Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Near-lateral/ventral view of an Alpine Swift in flight; note the white chin patch (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Zambujal, Portugal, March 2020]

Lateral/ventral view of an Alpine Swift in flight; note that the white chin patch is invisible (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Zambujal, Portugal, March 2020]

Lateral/ventral view of an Alpine Swift in flight (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Zambujal, Portugal, March 2020]

Lateral view onto the upperparts of an Alpine Swift in flight (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Zambujal, Portugal, March 2020]

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