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1. At the top in light yellow, the species' name is shown together with, when applicable, its IUCN code (click on the code and you will be redirected to IUCN's webpage with detailed information about this threatened species) and, if you have ticked the species, a green tick to the right
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Alpine Swift
Apus melba
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Schouteden's Swift
Schoutedenapus schoutedeni
  Mottled Swift
Apus aequatorialis
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 Alpine Swift Apus melba (7881)
 
 melbaS Europe to Asia Minor and nw Iran, winters African tropics
 tunetiE Morocco to Middle East, Iran, Kazakstan and w Pakistan
 archeriN Somalia to sw Arabia and Dead Sea depression
 africanusEthiopia to Cape Province and sw Angola
 maximusRuwenzori Mountains of ne Zaire and Uganda
 marjoriaeN-central Namibia to nw Cape Province
 willsiMadagascar
 nubifugusHimalayas, winters in central India
 dorabtataiMountains of w peninsular India
 bakeriSri Lanka


References

  • Apus melba: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  • Apus melba: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world
  • Apus melba: Dyntaxa (2012) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at http://www.dyntaxa.se
  • Tachymarptis melba: Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2013. IOC World Bird Names (v 3.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 2013-02-04]
  • Tachymarptis melba: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed 2012-11-19]
  • Tachymarptis melba: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • Tachymarptis melba: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • Svensson, L.: Birds of Europe; Princeton Field Guides, February 1, 2010; ISBN:0-691-14392-7
  • Sinclair, Ian and Langrand, Olivier: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands; New Holland Publishers (Struik), 2003 (New edition); ISBN:1-868-72956-7
  • Harrison, John: A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka; Oxford University Press, 2011 (2nd edition); ISBN:0-199-58567-9
  • Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T.: Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent; Oxford University Press, 1999; ISBN:0-1956-5155-3
  • Sinclair, I.: Sasol Birds of Southern Africa; Struik Nature, 4:e edition. 2011; ISBN:1-770-07925-4
  • Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T.: Birds of Bhutan; A&C Black, Nov 1999; ISBN:0-713-65163-6
  • Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T.: Birds of the Indian Subcontinent; Christopher Helm, 2011; ISBN:1-408-12763-6
  • Borrow, N. and Demey, R.: Birds of Ghana; Christopher Helm, 2010; ISBN:1-408-12279-0