Pallid Swift
BIRDING ARAGÓNPallid Swift
Apus pallidus
ES: Vencejo pálido
Description
L: 14-16cm, W: 44cm.
Very similar to the Common swift and easily confused. It shows greyish-brown colouration; Throat patch white but smaller than in Commons; flank feathers with a diffuse pale edge; secondaries and greater and lighter coverts. Silhouette in the shape of a crossbow, with long and pointed wings, tail more forked than in Commons; very short legs and feet with toes pointed forward, prevents them from perching on floors and cables; short, flat bill with a very wide mouth. Both sexes are identic. Its entire life cycle can be developed in flight, except for nesting. Fast and acrobatic flight.
- Observation difficulty: Easy
- Status: Summer
- Optimal Season: Apr-Sep
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: High Mountain/Rock formations
Best places to see in Aragón
ROUTES
- Route 1 The Western Valleys Natural Park
- Route 2 Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park
- Route 3 Posets Maladeta Natural Park
- Route 4 Sierra Caballera
- Route 5 Sierra and Canyons of Guara Natural Park
- Route 6 Huesca and surroundings
- Route 7 Monegros and Bajo Cinca counties
- Route 8 Wetlands of the Cinco Villas county
- Route 9 Zaragoza and surroundings
- Route 10 Caspe and Mequinenza
- Route 11 Belchite and Bajo Martín counties
- Route 12 Sierra del Moncayo
- Route 13 Hoces del Jalón
- Route 14 Gallocanta Lagoon and surroundings
- Route 15 Maestrazgo
- Route 16 Around Teruel
- Route 17 Sierras of Gúdar and Javalambre
- Route 18 Sierra de Albarracín
- Route 19 Gorges and river woodland along the Jalon and Mesa Rivers
- Route 20 Mining basins
- Route 21 Bajo Aragón and Matarraña
PROVINCES
Zaragoza
REGIONS
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
