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Pallid Swift

Apus pallidus

481Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
29Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar15
Apr28
May35
Jun3
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct217
Nov182
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England126
2Kent England50
3East Riding of Yorkshire England50
4Suffolk England48
5Sefton England32
6Isles of Scilly England27
7Dorset England11
8North Yorkshire England10
9Hartlepool England9
10Cambridgeshire England6
11North Tyneside England6
12East Lothian Scotland5
13Moray Scotland5
14Devon England4
15Wirral England4
456 England24 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
481
Peak month
October
Counties with records
29
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Apus pallidus
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Apodiformes
Family
Apodidae
Genus
Apus
Name with authority
Apus pallidus (Shelley, 1870)
Described
1870
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q165923 · GBIF 5228695