Alpine Swift Apus melba Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (47)
- Subspecies (10)
Philip Chantler, Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 25, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 25, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witpenswindswael |
| Albanian | Dejka gjoksbardhë |
| Arabic | سمامة البية |
| Armenian | Սպիտակափոր մանգաղաթև |
| Asturian | Andarón montés |
| Azerbaijani | Ağqarın uzunqanad |
| Basque | Malkar-sorbeltza |
| Bulgarian | Алпийски бързолет |
| Catalan | Ballester |
| Chinese (SIM) | 高山雨燕 |
| Croatian | bijela čiopa |
| Czech | rorýs velký |
| Danish | Alpesejler |
| Dutch | Alpengierzwaluw |
| English | Alpine Swift |
| English (United States) | Alpine Swift |
| Faroese | Alpusveimari |
| Finnish | alppikiitäjä |
| French | Martinet à ventre blanc |
| French (French Guiana) | Martinet à ventre blanc |
| Galician | Anduriñón real |
| German | Alpensegler |
| Greek | Βουνοσταχτάρα |
| Hebrew | סיס הרים |
| Hungarian | Havasi sarlósfecske |
| Icelandic | Alpasvölungur |
| Italian | Rondone maggiore |
| Japanese | シロハラアマツバメ |
| Korean | 흰배칼새 |
| Lithuanian | Baltapilvis alpinis čiurlys |
| Malayalam | വെള്ളവയറൻ ശരപ്പക്ഷി |
| Norwegian | alpeseiler |
| Persian | بادخورک کوهی |
| Polish | jerzyk alpejski |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Andorinhão-real |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-real |
| Romanian | Drepnea mare |
| Russian | Белобрюхий стриж |
| Serbian | Bela čiopa |
| Slovak | dážďovník skalný |
| Slovenian | Planinski hudournik |
| Spanish | Vencejo Real |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Vencejo Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo real |
| Swedish | alpseglare |
| Turkish | Ak Karınlı Ebabil |
| Ukrainian | Серпокрилець білочеревий |
Apus melba (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Hirundo Melba
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.192.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Gibraltar.
Definitions
- APUS
- apus
- melba
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Alpine Swift