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Horus swift

Apus horus (Heuglin, 1869)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The horus swift (Apus horus) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 24.5 g to 27.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Horus swift (Apus horus)
Photo: Robert Wienand, Chloorkop, South Africa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the horus swift

Weight
24.5 g – 27.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
22.1 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 2.3src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the horus swift live?

Not recorded

What is the horus swift?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Horus swift (Apus horus) is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae that is found in sub-Saharan Africa. Horus, whose name this bird commemorates, was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun, son of Osiris and Isis.

From the Wikipedia article “Horus swift” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horus_swift&oldid=1352794498), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the horus swift endangered?

The horus swift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the horus swift classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusApus
  7. SpeciesApus horus (Heuglin, 1869)

Synonyms Cypselus affinis horus, Epicypselus horus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Horus swift (brown-rumped)English
  • HOSWEnglish
  • HoruswindswaelAfrikaans
  • سمامة حورسArabic
  • falciot horusCatalan
  • rorýs horusCzech
  • rorýs HórůvCzech
  • coblyn HorwsWelsh
  • HorussejlerDanish
  • HorusseglerGerman
  • ErdseglerGerman
  • horusa apodoEsperanto
  • Vencejo horusSpanish
  • kaldapiiritaja (kalda-piirpääsuke)Estonian
  • törmäkiitäjäFinnish
  • Martinet horusFrench
  • Gabhlán HórasIrish
  • riječna čiopaCroatian
  • földi sarlósfecskeHungarian
  • Rondone di HorusItalian
  • ホーラスアマツバメJapanese
  • etiopinis čiurlysLithuanian
  • HorusgierzwaluwDutch
  • horusseilerNorwegian
  • jerzyk białogardłyPolish
  • andorinhão-de-luandaPortuguese
  • andorinhão-das-barreirasPortuguese
  • Эфиопский стрижRussian
  • dážďovník norovýSlovak
  • Horusova čiopaSerbian
  • horusseglareSwedish
  • นกแอ่นฮอรัสThai
  • Horus EbabiliTurkish
  • серпокрилець ефіопськийUkrainian
  • 白眉雨燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the horus swift

Other species in the same genus Apus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the horus swift?

An adult horus swift weighs 24.5 g – 27.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the horus swift endangered?

The horus swift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the horus swift?

The horus swift (Apus horus) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Horus swift (Apus horus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/horus-swift

MLA

“Horus swift (Apus horus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/horus-swift.

BibTeX
@misc{horus_swift_2026,
  title = {Horus swift (Apus horus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/horus-swift},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}