Swifts are born to eat and sleep in the air Date: March 6, 2019 Source: Lund University Summary: Nearly 100 species of swift are completely adapted to life in the air. That is the conclusion of ...

The common swift is the most mobile terrestrial bird in the world. When it is not breeding, it spends 24 hours a day airborne, for a total of ten months a year.

They are in fact the real kings and queens of the skies while they dance their way into our hearts. The Common Swift, with its dark, streamlined body and high-pitched beeping scream, is a familiar ...

When not breeding, the common swift (Apus apus), a small European and Arctic bird, spends more than 99 per cent of its time in the air, and even flies while sleeping. However, when cold weather ...