Little Swift
Apus affinis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Apus
- eBird Code
- litswi1
Vocalizations
Pieter Huybrechts · CC0_1_0
P Jeganathan · CC_BY_4_0
Mike King · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (6)
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Apus affinis aerobates
southwestern Mauritania to Ethiopia, Somalia, central Angola, and South Africa
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Apus affinis affinis
southern Somalia to northern Mozambique, Pemba Island, and Zanzibar, to India
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Apus affinis bannermani
Bioko, São Tomé, and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea)
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Apus affinis galilejensis
northern and sub-Saharan Africa and eastward to Pakistan
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Apus affinis singalensis
southern India and Sri Lanka
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Apus affinis theresae
western and southern Angola to southern Zambia and South Africa
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.