Swift ID request from Pakistan (1 Viewer)

[Tragopania]

Is it Pallid Swift?
Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Date: Oct 2021

(Posting it on behalf of Sadiq Baloch)

 

[kuzeycem]

Definitely looks the part: mouse brown, large diffuse throat patch, dark eye mask, scaling concentrated on belly, dark outer primaries, pale median coverts, large head with broad wings. But apparently no eBird records from Pakistan?

 

[jogresh]

Agree, it looks like a classic, assuming there's not similar species I've never heard of! Wonder which ssp it would be. 🤔

Edit: BLI maps it wintering southern Pakistan, A. p. pallidus 👍

 

[Vyomkesh]

Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Wow! This record can open possiblities of Pallid Swift from Kutch!

Western most record I could get -https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S75648666

 

[jogresh]

Here's the map I mentioned: 👍

http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pallid-swift-apus-pallidus/distribution

 

[Vyomkesh]

Here's the map I mentioned: 👍

http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pallid-swift-apus-pallidus/distribution

Cool! Well, that means we may have a Pallid in Kutch very soon!! Please update on eBird