Apodiformes / Apodidae / Apus
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus · 白腰雨燕
Introduction
The term refers to a historic taxonomic grouping that has been divided into four distinct species within the genus Apus: Pacific swift (Apus pacificus), Salim Ali's swift (Apus salimali), Blyth's swift (Apus leuconyx), and Cook's swift (Apus cooki).
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Apus
Taxonomy Changes
Apus cooki → Apus pacificus
Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Apus leuconyx → Apus pacificus
Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Apus salimalii → Apus pacificus
Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Subspecies (5)
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Apus pacificus cooki
lowland Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, southern Yunnan, and Guangxi (southwestern and southeastern China); winters at least to Peninsular Malaysia
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
