Common Swift

Type
Species Summary

Summary

August to September and February to March when at times common particularly at dusk. Swifts probably pass in large numbers but they tend to fly high in the sky during passage and are therefore not as frequently encountered as swallows and martins.

Common Swift (Apus apus)Thumbnail

Status in KAUST

Passage migrant

Abundance in KAUST

2 - Fairly Common

Places seen in KAUST
Golf CourseThumbnail
Island mangrovesThumbnail
South BeachThumbnail
Island parks and gardens
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Seasonality in KAUST (number of years since KAUST's founding when this species was observed in a given month):
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013201034100

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