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English Alpine Swift
Scientific (Tachymarptis melba)
Order APODIFORMES
Family (Latin) Apodidae
Family (English) Swifts
Other name(s) Martinet alpin
Breeding Regions PAL, AF, OR
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Benin, Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark, Djibouti,Egypt,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Finland,France,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Germany, Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Guinea,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Italy, Ivory Coast,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya, Liechtenstein,Macedonia,Madagascar,Malawi,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Moldova,Monaco,Montenegro, Morocco,Namibia,Nepal,Netherlands,Nigeria,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Poland, Portugal,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,Saudi Arabia,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Slovenia,Somalia,South Africa, South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Swaziland,Switzerland,Syria,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Togo, Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine,Uzbekistan,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
melba s Europe through Turkey to nw Iran
dorabtatai w India
nubifugus Himalayas
willsi Madagascar
marjoriae nc Namibia and nw South Africa
africanus Ethiopia to South Africa and sw Angola
maximus Rwenzori Mts. (ne DR Congo and Uganda)
archeri n Somalia, sw Arabia to Jordan and Israel
tuneti Morocco through the Middle East and e to w Pakistan
bakeri Sri Lanka
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Alpensegler
French Martinet à ventre blanc
Chinese 高山雨燕
Japanese シロハラアマツバメ
Russian Белобрюхий стриж
Spanish Vencejo real
Portuguese andorinhão-real
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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)