Plain Swift

When to see the Plain Swift

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Plain Swift

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Mauritania, Morocco, Liberia.

About the Plain Swift

The plain swift is a medium-sized swift. Although this bird is superficially similar to a barn swallow or house martin, it is not related to those passerine species. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles.

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Easily confused with

Horus SwiftApus horusThe Horus swift is 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) long and quite bulky. Bradfield's SwiftApus bradfieldiBradfield's swift is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Nyanza SwiftApus niansaeThe Nyanza swift, also known as the brown swift, is a medium sized bird with sleek wings, along with a small and compact head.