tree swift


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Noun1.Tree swift - birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in treestree swift - birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
crested swift
apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
family Hemiprocnidae, Hemiprocnidae - tree swifts
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Their closest living relatives are swiftlets, tree swifts that can perch and the hummingbirds.
Number of swifts that VISITWALES for summer has halved in 30 years; Graceful swifts have an extraordinary lifestyle that makes them exceptionally hard to study. But recent population declines make it more important than ever to monitor them daily, as Stephen Bladwell explains

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