Alpine Swift

The alpine swift is found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, breeding in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalayas. Like the common swift it is migratory, and the southern European population winters further south, in southern Africa. It has very short legs used only for clinging to vertical surfaces, and it spends most of its life in the air feeding on insects (Wikipedia, general species account).

Ten subspecies are recognised. No description or breeding detail was readable for this entry. Nationally Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).