House Swift
Apus nipalensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,290
- Most observed in
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The house swift (Apus nipalensis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Japan, Nepal, and Southeast Asia. It is capable of flying long distances by alternately shutting off hemispheres of its brain in-flight. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the little swift, under the name Apus affinis subfurcatus.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “House swift”.