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Pallid Swift

Apus pallidus · Family Apodidae

Apus pallidus

Family Apodidae

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Apodidae
GBIF occurrence records
220,695
Countries and territories with records
100
Pallid Swift
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About this species

This species has 220,695 occurrence records from 100 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (38.1%), Portugal (21.7%), the United Arab Emirates (8.2%), France (5.1%) and Israel (4.6%); together they account for 77.7% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.16% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Apus pallidus combines the genus name Apus with the species epithet pallidus. 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 affinis and Apus nipalensis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Apodidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Chaetura pelagica. Its record count is 1.8 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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