Swift/swallow - Grazalema. Spain (1 Viewer)

[Deb335077]

Please help with this one taken in Grazalema in Southern Spain

Debbie

 

[Butty]

Common swift or pallid swift.

 

[THE_FERN]

Perhaps common given thin wings (taking angle into account)

 

[Andy Adcock]

Common swift or pallid swift.

Don't you think it looks a bit dainty for either of those?

 

[THE_FERN]

Don't you think it looks a bit dainty for either of those?

I put it down to angle. I don't think we'd see such a big tail on little?

 

[Butty]

little

Good god, no. Perfectly normal/unremarkable photo of common swift or pallid swift.

 

[RafaelMatias]

I think Andy was thinking of White-rumped Swift, which breeds in the area (Grazalema NP). The shape is a better fit for that species (very long tail, wings proportionately short), but it's hard to be conclusive based on such single image (more images could change this impression).
Would you have any other images for this bird? And do you remember seeing its upperparts?

White-rumped Swift - Apus caffer - (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Apus caffer with the common name White-rumped Swift, belongs to the Birds group it is geographically distrubuted among the following countries/areas: Spain, Portugal

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File:White-rumped swift, Apus caffer, at Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (30475013756).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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[RafaelMatias]

Good god, no. Perfectly normal/unremarkable photo of common swift or pallid swift.

The long tailed kind.

 

[Butty]

The long tailed kind.

No, I'd say the normal kind. Common swift and pallid swift have longer and more-forked tails than people give them credit for.

ML572412101 Common Swift Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML572412101; © Zach Pannifer; London, England, United Kingdom

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ML549260051 Common Swift Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML549260051; © Muammer Ülker; Denizli, Türkiye

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ML549260021 Common Swift Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML549260021; © Muammer Ülker; Denizli, Türkiye

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ML510378551 Common Swift Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML510378551; © Andrew Steele; Dorset, England, United Kingdom

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ML461355891 Common Swift Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML461355891; © Samuel Burckhardt; Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

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[RafaelMatias]

No, it looks longer tailed that Common and Pallid to my eye, and just consistent with White-rumped, imo

 

[Deb335077]

Sorry no more photos, I found this in the frame of a griffon Vulture, so was by chance I got the swift

 

[Harrybongo]

Please help with this one taken in Grazalema in Southern Spain

Debbie

Hi. Juvenile Common??

 

[RafaelMatias]

Why juvenile? There are no fledged juveniles yet, too early.

 

[Harrybongo]

Hi. Juvenile Common??

Should have been...... Common! Wrong predictive text butt! 😮