Swifts

Pacific Swift

Apus pacificus

The Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) is a 39 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Swifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

39 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

24

Recorded in Australia, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Laos, India, United States, Bangladesh, Denmark, Timor-Leste, MO.

Where to see it: Po Toi (Hong Kong); 백령도(Baengnyeong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea); Gun Galuut NR (Mongolia); Boon Tsagan Nuur (Mongolia); 어청도(Eocheong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea).

Photo: (c) Se Lena, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist