No.192 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus

L=20cm

Rank : 3
Passage Migrant
In the Asakawa River basin, the species are oftenobserved with Grey-faced Buzzards and other eagles when the eagles migrateto the west. Accordingly observation records are mainly for September toOctober, but visits of some of the species are also recorded when theymigrate here in April and May. A flock of several dozen of the species wasrecorded in our regular counting tours.

Pacific Swift (Flight1)

Pacific Swift (Flight2)

Pacific Swift (Flock)