This aerial existence might make them seem very remote from humankind, and they had the medieval nickname of the devil’s bird. Paradoxically, however, the common swift (Apus apus) has been ...

Illustration by Daniel Barreto Supported by By Helen Macdonald I found a dead common swift once ... Once they were called the “Devil’s bird,” perhaps because those screaming flocks of ...

May is the time when the “Devil Bird” arrives. The Common Swift (Apus apus) is one of our few birds that is absolutely a townie. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post ...

There is nothing common about Apus Apus ... in twenty-odd thousand miles time? Devil birds, they used to be called, for their screaming, for their crossbow shape and their unearthly disdain ...

The fastest bird in flight, measured at a scientifically verifiable 69 miles an hour, was the Common Swift for the longest time. However, in 2016, scientists crowned the Brazilian Free-Tailed ...

a fellow bird flight researcher from Sweden. Hedenström and his own team had previously found evidence that a related species living in Europe and Africa, the common swift, were aerial roosters ...

Tykee James, president of DC Bird Alliance “I’d bet on a swift any day. As an inveterate bird nerd, I know that the common swift is the fastest flying bird.” T. Scott Sillett, wildlife ...