Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Horuswindswael |
Catalan | falciot horus |
Czech | rorýs Hórův |
Dutch | Horusgierzwaluw |
English | Horus Swift |
English (United States) | Horus Swift |
French | Martinet horus |
French (France) | Martinet horus |
German | Horussegler |
Icelandic | Sólarsvölungur |
Japanese | ホーラスアマツバメ |
Norwegian | horusseiler |
Polish | jerzyk białogardły |
Portuguese (Angola) | Andorinhão-das-barreiras |
Russian | Эфиопский стриж |
Serbian | Horusova čiopa |
Slovak | dážďovník norový |
Spanish | Vencejo Horus |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo horus |
Swedish | horusseglare |
Turkish | Horus Ebabili |
Ukrainian | Серпокрилець ефіопський |
Apus horus (Heuglin, 1869)
PROTONYM:
Cypselus affinis var. Cypselus Horus
Heuglin, 1869. Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes 1, p.147.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Northeastern Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- APUS
- apus
- horus
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Horus Swift Apus horus Scientific name definitions
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Horus Swift Apus horus
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Horus Swift (Apus horus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.horswi1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 8, 2013
- Horus Swift Apus horus
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2013). Horus Swift (Apus horus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.