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Defined: DKZ00021
English Little Swift
Scientific (Apus affinis)
Order APODIFORMES
Family (Latin) Apodidae
Family (English) Swifts
Other name(s) Martinet des maisons, House Swift
Breeding Regions AF, OR
Breeding Range Subregions Africa, sw Asia and India
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Algeria,Angola,Australia,Azerbaijan,Bangladesh,Benin,Botswana,Burkina Faso,Burundi, Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,China,Congo,Cyprus,Democratic Republic of Congo,Djibouti,Egypt,Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,Ethiopia,Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,Greece,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Hong Kong,India - mainland, Iran,Israel,Ivory Coast,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia, Libya,Macao,Madagascar,Malawi,Maldives,Mali,Mauritania,Morocco,Mozambique,Namibia, Nepal,Niger,Nigeria,Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Russia,Rwanda,Sao Tome and Principe,Saudi Arabia, Senegal,Sierra Leone,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Swaziland,Syria,Tajikistan, Tanzania,Togo,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Uzbekistan,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
galilejensis nw Africa to Pakistan, e Sudan to nw Somalia
bannermani Gulf of Guinea islands
aerobates Mauritania to Somalia and s to e South Africa
theresae w, s Angola and s Zambia to South Africa
affinis s Somalia to Mozambique; also India (except ne, s)
singalensis s India and Sri Lanka
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Gray, JE, 1830)
German Haussegler
French Martinet des maisons
Chinese 小雨燕
Japanese ニシヒメアマツバメ
Russian Малый стриж
Spanish Vencejo moro
Portuguese andorinhão-pequeno
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)