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Apus affinis · Family Apodidae

Apus affinis

Family Apodidae

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Apodidae
GBIF occurrence records
536,646
Countries and territories with records
110
Little Swift
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About this species

This species has 536,646 occurrence records from 110 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (42.5%), South Africa (34.3%), Kenya (5.2%), Sri Lanka (2.4%) and Namibia (2.1%); together they account for 86.5% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.37% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Apus affinis combines the genus name Apus with the species epithet affinis. The Warbla app catalog lists 19 species of the genus Apus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Apus apus, Apus nipalensis and Apus pallidus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Apodidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Chaetura pelagica. Its record count is 4.3 times the family average (123,580). The family Apodidae belongs to the order Apodiformes, which has 452 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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