Pacific Swift

Apus pacificus

The Pacific swift has long, sickle-shaped wings and a white rump, and spends nearly all day on the wing catching insects. It nests on sea cliffs and similar sites. The Oyubi sea area and nearby islets in Miyagi are Natural Monuments as breeding grounds of this swift together with black-tailed gulls, rhinoceros auklets and other birds.

Scientific name: Apus pacificus
Group: Birds
Prefectures: Miyagi
日本語: アマツバメ
简体中文: 白腰雨燕

Natural Monuments related to the Pacific Swift

Prefectural Natural Monument

BirdsHabitat / breeding site

Oozashi Waters and Breeding Grounds of Black-tailed Gulls, Night Herons, Swiftlets and Puffins on Futagojima, Kurakakejima, Hizumejima and Kuroshima

Larus crassirostris, Nycticorax nycticorax, Apus pacificus, Cerorhinca monocerata

Miyagi

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Markers show designated habitats and breeding sites.

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The Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus) is protected as a Natural Monument of Japan (1 designation). The Pacific swift has long, sickle-shaped wings and…

The Pacific Swift is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Miyagi.

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Pacific Swift

Natural Monuments related to the Pacific Swift

Oozashi Waters and Breeding Grounds of Black-tailed Gulls, Night Herons, Swiftlets and Puffins on Futagojima, Kurakakejima, Hizumejima and Kuroshima

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Is the Pacific Swift a Natural Monument of Japan?

Where can I see the Pacific Swift in Japan?

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