Abstract The Common Swift Apus apus breeds across much of Europe and Asia with two subspecies recognised. The Asian-breeding subspecies A. a. pekinensis has been suspected to occur as a vagrant to Europe but, to date, there are no accepted records. Although pekinensis is similar to the European-breeding nominate race, a number of features can be reliably use
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