#Apodidae

[herpsandbirds]

Any spine-tailed swifts in your pocket? Grade-school me was absolutely obsessed after reading trivia about their flight speed (which apparently is difficult to verify?)

Spine-tailed Swifts:

The birds have been reputed to have the fastest flapping flight of any bird, as around 170 kph/105 mph, but that has been disputed for some time, as scientific methods were not used to arrive at that number. The Common Swift has been accurately and scientifically measured at 166 kmh/103 mph, displacing them unfortunately.

Spine-tailed Swift aka White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), family Apodidae, order Apodiformes, Australia

Resident (year round) in the Himalyas

Breeding in East Asia

Wintering in Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison

photograph via: British Trust for Ornithology

photograph by 重融 黃

[fullfrontalbirds]

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

© Peter F

[alonglistofbirds]

[2915/11080] Dark-rumped swift - Apus acuticauda

Order: Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Family: Apodidae (swifts)

Photo credit: Craig Rasmussen via Macaulay Library

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

photo source

[bitsandbirds]

I was so excited when I saw that I had finally managed to get a swift pic that wasn't a silhouette! It is really satisfying to get good shots of the aerial summer birds because of how hard it is to catch them in a clean shot like this.

Common Swift (Apus apus), Ireland

[podartists]

Alpensegler, Cypselus melba, und Mauersegler, Cypselus apus | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

[lizard-sheningans]

Not gonna lie, that's the most adorable thing I've seen being shifted as. That's amazing and fills my heart with joy. May I cuddle you in such shifting moments? :D

chimney swifts are so weirddd theyre like if birds decided to be bats.

thats bats. those are bats. to me

[hellaswalker]

Sığırcık Kuşları

Sığırcık kuşları (Apus apus), aynı zamanda avcı kırlangıç olarak da bilinir ve aynı aileden (Apodidae) diğer kırlangıç türleri ile benzerlik gösterirler. Sığırcık kuşları, çoğunlukla Afrika, Avrupa ve Asya'nın nemli bölgelerinde yaşarlar. Kış mevsiminde Afrika'ya göç ederler ve baharda geri dönerler. Kumru Kuşu hakkında bilgi edinmek isterseniz tıklayın. Read the full article

[augustheart]

"he needs access to hirundinidae during the winter months in order to emotionally regulate"

no!!! hirundinidae will remind the patient of what he is missing during migration season

he needs apodidae to live

[snowlupinwoodstories]

Bird Character Poll

Sorry I'm late my polycule went out to dinner last night and I needed some down time. Now what kinda birdy do we want featured in an upcoming snippet?

[birds-in-posts]

Common swift (Apus apus)

common swift

[herpsandbirds]

Since Google has gone to ai shit and I don't trust it I'm gonna ask you what do swifts eat? Like chimney swifts cus I know they have really tiny legs and spend a bunch of time flying so I'm guessing they eat flying insects

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica), family Apodidae, order Apodiformes, IN, USA

photograph by Peter F.

In general, swifts eat flying insects, yes. Chimney Swifts feed on a wide variety of flying insects (from small aphids and gnats to larger beetles, wasps, and dragonflies).

[fullfrontalbirds]

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

© Peter F

[kestarren]

Swift in nest, photo by Alain Gregory.

Swift on hand, photo by unknown.

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica, family Apodidae), or maybe a Common Swift. Photo by unknown, via Ginger Hill on Pinterest.

[nattousan]

homie really said: 📐

[2346/11080] Chimney swift - Chaetura pelagica

Order: Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Family: Apodidae (swifts)

Photo credit: Peter F via Macaulay Library

[worldsandemanations]

Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodidae, Colombia photograph by Cristian Valencia