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Martinet alpin - Apus melba - Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
| Subject: | Martinet alpin - Apus melba - Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
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PO Scans - Birds of Europe
The alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba) formerly Apus melba, is a species of swift found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia. They breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalaya. Like common swifts, they are migratory; the southern European population winters further south in southern Africa. They have very short legs which are used for clinging to vertical surfaces. Like most swifts, they never settle voluntarily on the ground, spending most of their lives in the air living on the insects they catch in their beaks. ( Wikipedia) |
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