Bird
Common Swift
Apus apus · Apodidae · Apodiformes
Best monthsMay–Julmost records
Records3,078,528in 112 countries
Most seen inSweden476,772 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Common Swift in brief
The common swift (Apus apus) is a bird of the Apodidae family — species of bird.
Across the 112 countries we cover it has 3,078,528 published records, most of them from Sweden, the United Kingdom and Spain. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, June and July and fall to their lowest in November and December.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Sweden476,772 records · best May, Jun
United Kingdom459,682 records · best May, Jun
Spain347,179 records · best May, Jun
France322,015 records · best May, Jun
Netherlands306,639 records · best May, Jun
Denmark189,644 records · best May, Jun
Germany166,763 records · best May, Jun
Norway145,949 records · best Jun, Jul
Finland106,536 records · best Jun, Jul
Portugal85,761 records · best May, Jun
Belgium82,779 records · best May, Jun
Israel39,199 records · best Mar, Apr
Russia35,727 records · best Jun, May
Italy34,658 records · best May, Jun
Czechia26,668 records · best May, Jun
Poland26,136 records · best May, Jun
Türkiye24,967 records · best May, Apr
Switzerland18,837 records · best May, Jun
Greece18,806 records · best May, Apr
Estonia17,264 records · best May, Jun
Austria15,811 records · best Jun, May
Ireland13,221 records · best May, Jul
Bulgaria11,602 records · best May, Jun
Ukraine10,216 records · best May, Jun
China8,125 records · best May, Jun
Cyprus6,191 records · best Apr, Mar
Iran5,932 records · best May, Apr
Serbia5,480 records · best May, Jun
Croatia5,477 records · best Jun, May
Morocco4,891 records · best Apr, Mar
Georgia4,193 records · best May, Jun
Hungary3,691 records · best May, Jun
Palestine3,447 records · best Mar, Apr
Namibia3,338 records · best Nov, Dec
Lithuania3,216 records · best Jun, Jul
Ghana3,023 records · best Nov, Feb
Slovakia2,996 records · best May, Jul
Belarus2,514 records · best Jun, May
Mongolia2,501 records · best Jun, May
Armenia2,454 records · best May, Jun
Romania2,376 records · best May, Jun
Luxembourg2,108 records · best May, Jun
Latvia2,058 records · best Jun, Jul
Kazakhstan1,750 records · best May, Jun
Slovenia1,575 records · best May, Jun
Azerbaijan1,228 records · best May, Apr
Botswana1,053 records · best Dec, Nov
Uzbekistan979 records · best May, Apr
Jordan977 records · best Apr, Mar
Zambia874 records · best Nov, Dec
Kyrgyzstan839 records · best Jul, Jun
Malta785 records · best Apr, May
Tajikistan590 records · best May, Apr
Andorra519 records · best Jul, Jun
Tunisia500 records · best Apr, May
Montenegro494 records · best May, Jun
Moldova477 records · best May, Jun
Egypt473 records · best May, Apr
Saudi Arabia470 records · best Apr, Aug
Albania458 records · best May, Jun
Iraq447 records · best May, Apr
North Macedonia421 records · best May, Jun
Algeria413 records · best Aug, Jun
Nigeria393 records · best Dec, May
Kuwait387 records · best Apr, Mar
Lebanon382 records · best May, Apr
United Arab Emirates364 records · best Sep, Apr
Democratic Republic of the Congo362 records · best Oct, Feb
Senegal335 records · best Jan, Feb
Malawi323 records · best Feb, Dec
Ivory Coast318 records · best Feb, Jan
Vatican City298 records · best Jun, Jul
Republic of the Congo258 records · best Jan, Feb
Liberia241 records · best Apr, Mar
Cameroon222 records · best Mar, Apr
Bosnia and Herzegovina181 records · best May, Jul
Monaco178 records · best Jul, Aug
Oman172 records · best Nov, Oct
Benin156 records · best Jan, Feb
Pakistan154 records · best Jun, Aug
Afghanistan131 records · best May, Apr
Sierra Leone126 records · best Dec, Jan
Gabon118 records · best Nov, Sep
Liechtenstein113 records · best Jun, Jul
Kosovo96 records · best Jun, Aug
Syria91 records · best Apr, May
Turkmenistan87 records · best May, Apr
Lesotho79 records · best Jan, Mar
San Marino75 records · best Jun, Jul
Iceland73 records · best Jun, May
Guinea60 records · best Jan, May
Central African Republic58 records · best May, Mar
Qatar57 records · best Apr, Mar
Mauritania56 records · best Apr, Sep
Sudan52 records · best Oct, Sep
Cape Verde50 records · best Jul, Mar
Djibouti42 records · best Sep, Aug
Libya41 records · best May, Mar
Burkina Faso34 records · best Nov, Aug
Equatorial Guinea33 records · best Jan, Feb
Bahrain25 records · best Apr, Mar
Togo25 records · best May, Nov
Seychelles24 records · best Oct, Nov
Mali19 records · best Nov, Aug
Yemen18 records · best Oct, Apr
Chad17 records · best Sep, Feb
Eritrea12 records · best Apr, Aug
Niger11 records · best Aug, Jan
Maldives8 records · best Jul, Aug
Barbados6 records · best Oct, Jun
São Tomé and Príncipe2 records · best Mar, Sep
Mauritius1 records · best Nov, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
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