Little Swift

Apus affinis (Gray, JE, 1830)

23 gWeight

The little swift (Apus affinis) is a small species of swift found in Africa and southwestern Asia, and are vagrants and local breeders in southern Europe.

Most records: India, South Africa, Kenya

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Little Swift has been recorded at 989 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 76 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

GKVK CampusIndia2,714 records
Saul Kere / Sowl KereIndia2,439 records
Fergusson College CampusIndia2,017 records

More places

Vetal Tekdi/HillIndia1,773 records
Valley SchoolIndia1,429 records
Nairobi NPKenya1,363 records
Doddanekundi KereIndia1,232 records
Bhusawal Thermal Power Station (BTPS) – Ganesh Mandir & EM Building AreaIndia1,175 records
Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia1,026 records
Hoskote / Hosakote KereIndia954 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India South Africa Kenya Sri Lanka Tanzania Uganda Ghana Namibia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The little swift (Apus affinis) is a small species of swift found in Africa and southwestern Asia, and are vagrants and local breeders in southern Europe. They are found both in urban areas and at rocky cliffs where they build nests in a way typical of all members of the order Apodiformes. The genus name Apus is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients to be a type of swallow without feet (from Ancient Greek α, a, "without", and πούς, pous, "foot").

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