• Thumbnail for Common swift
    The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming...
    23 KB (2,690 words) - 11:08, 26 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Common swift moth
    The common swift (Korscheltellus lupulina) is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was previously placed in the genus Hepialus. It is a common, often abundant...
    6 KB (620 words) - 15:16, 6 March 2025
  • Thumbnail for Swift (bird)
    (105 mph). Even the common swift can cruise at a maximum speed of 31 metres per second (112 km/h; 70 mph). In a single year the common swift can cover at least...
    15 KB (1,677 words) - 17:24, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pacific swift
    Australia. The general shape and blackish plumage recall its relative, the common swift, from which it is distinguished by a white rump band and heavily marked...
    28 KB (3,096 words) - 17:05, 21 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pallid swift
    swift was first described by English naturalist George Ernest Shelley in 1870. This 16–17 cm (6.3–6.7 in) long species is very similar to the common swift...
    5 KB (527 words) - 13:05, 11 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for International Swift Conference
    exclusively on the common swift (Apus apus), whereas the following ones broadened the scope to additional species, such as the Pallid swift (Apus pallidus)...
    7 KB (717 words) - 04:35, 26 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Plain swift
    The plain swift (Apus unicolor) is a medium-sized swift. Although this bird is superficially similar to a barn swallow or house martin, it is not related...
    3 KB (425 words) - 20:43, 4 February 2025
  • able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives. A close relative of the common swift, the white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), is commonly reported...
    9 KB (519 words) - 07:16, 10 March 2025
  • Thumbnail for Little swift
    size. Their wingspan is only 33 cm compared to 42 cm in the case of common swift. Their plumage is black except for a white throat and rump, the white...
    6 KB (686 words) - 12:18, 16 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Taylor Swift
    Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic versatility, and cultural...
    361 KB (27,220 words) - 08:45, 28 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep
    flight. The selection of the common swift as a model stemmed from observations elucidating the fact that the common swift left its nest at night, only...
    25 KB (3,298 words) - 16:33, 22 March 2025
  • Thumbnail for Alpine swift
    They breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalayas. Like common swifts, they are migratory; the southern European population winters further...
    21 KB (2,355 words) - 13:19, 19 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Crataerina pallida
    in the nests of the common swift (Apus apus) in Europe and Asia. The lousefly spends its entire life cycle associated with swifts. The adult lousefly...
    3 KB (285 words) - 15:16, 24 August 2024
  • "safer" way, making it easier to catch software bugs; Swift has features addressing some common programming errors like null pointer dereferencing and...
    79 KB (7,948 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Dinton Pastures Country Park
    Woodpigeon Collared dove Ring-necked parakeet Common cuckoo Barn owl Little owl Tawny owl Common swift Common kingfisher Eurasian green woodpecker Great...
    14 KB (1,186 words) - 10:19, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Swift Transportation
    Knight-Swift. With over 23,000 trucks, it is the largest common carrier in the United States. In 2017, Swift merged with Knight Transportation, also of Phoenix...
    12 KB (1,259 words) - 16:26, 4 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Martlet
    a duck-like bird with a swan-neck and chopped-off beak and legs. The common swift rarely lands outside breeding season, and sleeps while airborne. The...
    11 KB (1,270 words) - 22:36, 2 March 2025
  • swifts are similar in size to common swift, and they are black except for a white rump. They can be distinguished from a partially leucistic common swift...
    2 KB (231 words) - 08:12, 5 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for SWIFT
    Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), legally S.W.I.F.T. SC, is a cooperative established in 1973 in Belgium (French:...
    52 KB (5,248 words) - 01:55, 30 May 2025
  • swifts are similar in size to common swift, and they are black except for a white rump. They can be distinguished from a partially leucistic common swift...
    3 KB (304 words) - 21:09, 23 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Blyth's swift
    swifts are in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. The common name...
    2 KB (249 words) - 16:04, 12 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Diel vertical migration
    eclipse. The phenomenon also demonstrates cloud-driven variations. The common swift is an exception among birds in that it ascends and descends into high...
    43 KB (5,187 words) - 13:35, 9 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Apus (bird)
    swift, Apus alexandri Common swift, Apus apus Plain swift, Apus unicolor Nyanza swift, Apus niansae Pallid swift, Apus pallidus African black swift,...
    6 KB (573 words) - 17:17, 23 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Parnara guttata
    Parnara guttata, the common straight swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, Amur (Russian Far East), eastern...
    2 KB (120 words) - 21:41, 4 October 2024
  • Apus Cape Verde swift (Apus alexandri) Common swift (Apus apus) Plain swift (Apus unicolor) Nyanza swift (Apus niansae) Pallid swift (Apus pallidus) African...
    8 KB (727 words) - 12:24, 29 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Hawking (birds)
    and swifts. Swifts are the masters of aerial feeding; several species spend virtually their entire lives in the air (some non-mating common swifts have...
    20 KB (2,445 words) - 05:33, 8 November 2024
  • Melphina unistriga, the common forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo...
    1 KB (86 words) - 14:59, 28 February 2025
  • Thumbnail for African palm swift
    to be the same species. The Malagasy palm swift was also recently split from this species. This is a common species with a very wide distribution which...
    4 KB (418 words) - 16:31, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parsnip
    species, including the parsnip swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), the common swift moth (Korscheltellus lupulina), the garden dart moth (Euxoa nigricans)...
    33 KB (3,656 words) - 22:05, 28 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Taylor Swift masters dispute
    controversial dispute emerged between the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and her former record label, Big Machine Records, its founder Scott Borchetta...
    182 KB (16,935 words) - 13:15, 24 June 2025