Pallid swift
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The pallid swift is a swift. Swifts have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. The genus name Apus is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients to be a type of swallow with no feet, and pallidus is Latin for... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Apus pallidus
Mass: 1.5 oz
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Higher classification: Typical swifts
Family: Apodidae
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
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