Pacific Swift
Apus pacificus
Photo: nhm_ex / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
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
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- VulnerableMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- アマツバメ
- 简体中文
- 白腰雨燕
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The Pacific Swift is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Miyagi.
The Pacific Swift is listed as "Vulnerable" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as アマツバメ).
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