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 "pale".
Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds
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Uploaded Apr 11, 2023. Captured Apr 7, 2023 08:21 in 8PG9+PX Kaloyanovo, Bulgaria.
