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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Apodiformes > Family: Apodidae > Genus: Apus > Species: Apus unicolor

Plain Swift - Apus unicolor (Jardine, 1830)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Unknown
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	10 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	sparsely vegetated land
Natura 2000 species code	A425

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
PTMAD0001	Portugal	Laurissilva da Madeira	Map
PTMAD0002	Portugal	Maciço Montanhoso Central da Ilha da Madeira	Map
PTMAD0003	Portugal	Ponta de S. Lourenço	Map
PTMAD0005	Portugal	Achadas da Cruz	Map
PTMAD0006	Portugal	Moledos - Madalena do Mar	Map
PTMAD0007	Portugal	Pináculo	Map
PTPOR0001	Portugal	Ilhéus do Porto Santo	Map
PTPOR0002	Portugal	Pico Branco - Porto Santo	Map
PTZPE0041	Portugal	Maciço Montanhoso Oriental da Ilha da Madeira	Map
PTZPE0064	Portugal	Ponta de S. Lourenço	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Andorinhão-unicolor	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Eilandgierzwaluw	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Einfarbsegler	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Enfärgad seglare	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Jerzyk jednobarwny	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Madeirankiitäjä	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Martinet unicolore	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Plain Swift	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rondone unicolore	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rorýs jednobarvý	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Vencejo Unicolor	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:07940	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

One item found.1

Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Portugal	Macaronesian	1000/2000 (pairs)	1991	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2