#Apodidae

[fullfrontalbirds]

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

© Peter F

[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).

[alonglistofbirds]

[2346/11080] Chimney swift - Chaetura pelagica

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

Photo credit: Peter F via Macaulay Library

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

photo source

[podartists]

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

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Bats aren’t the only creature to navigate using echolocation-- birds do it to! The cave swiftlet is a species of swift that lives in cave systems and use echolocation to navigate back to their nests after a long day of hunting insects.

(Image: A cave swiftlet (Collocalia linchi) by Wade Strickland)

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[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

[fullfrontalbirds]

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

© Peter F

[herpsandbirds]

Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodidae, Colombia

photograph by Cristian Valencia

[alonglistofbirds]

[2645/11080] Common swift - Apus apus

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

Photo credit: Sylvain Reyt via Macaulay Library

[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.

[podartists]

Salangane | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library