Alpine swift (English Wikipedia)

Jobling, James A. "Tachymarptis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
Jobling, James A. "melba". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

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Riddington, Roger (2020-07-23). Birds of the UK Overseas Territories. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-4729-7727-4.

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BTO Birdfacts - Alpine swift, British Trust for Ornithology, BTO.org website.

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BirdLife International (2016). "Tachymarptis melba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22686774A86109107. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686774A86109107.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Chantler, P.; de Juana, E.; Kirwan, G.M.; Boesman, P.F.D. (2023). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), version 1.1". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.alpswi1.01.1.
Meier, Christoph M.; Karaardıç, Hakan; Aymí, Raül; Peev, Strahil G.; Bächler, Erich; Weber, Roger; Witvliet, Willem; Liechti, Felix (March 2018). "What makes Alpine swift ascend at twilight? Novel geolocators reveal year-round flight behaviour". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72 (3): 45. Bibcode:2018BEcoS..72...45M. doi:10.1007/s00265-017-2438-6. ISSN 0340-5443. PMC 5847200. PMID 29568149.
Felix Liechti; Willem Witvliet; Roger Weber; Erich Bächler. "First evidence of a 200-day non-stop flight in a bird", Nature website, Nature Communications, article number: 2554, received 11 January 2013, published: 8 October 2013, doi:10.1038/ncomms3554 (subscription).

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Meier, Christoph M.; Karaardıç, Hakan; Aymí, Raül; Peev, Strahil G.; Bächler, Erich; Weber, Roger; Witvliet, Willem; Liechti, Felix (March 2018). "What makes Alpine swift ascend at twilight? Novel geolocators reveal year-round flight behaviour". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72 (3): 45. Bibcode:2018BEcoS..72...45M. doi:10.1007/s00265-017-2438-6. ISSN 0340-5443. PMC 5847200. PMID 29568149.

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Tomek, Teresa & Bocheński, Zygmunt (2005): "Weichselian and Holocene bird remains from Komarowa Cave, Central Poland". Acta zoologica cracoviensia, Vol. 48A, (1–2): pp. 43–65.

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BirdLife International (2016). "Tachymarptis melba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22686774A86109107. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686774A86109107.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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"ML608721861 - Alpine Swift - Macaulay Library". macaulaylibrary.org. 2023-09-02. Retrieved 2025-03-10.

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Felix Liechti; Willem Witvliet; Roger Weber; Erich Bächler. "First evidence of a 200-day non-stop flight in a bird", Nature website, Nature Communications, article number: 2554, received 11 January 2013, published: 8 October 2013, doi:10.1038/ncomms3554 (subscription).

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Ottema, Otto (2004). "First sight record of Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba for South America, in French Guiana" (PDF). Cotinga. 21: 70–71.

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Meier, Christoph M.; Karaardıç, Hakan; Aymí, Raül; Peev, Strahil G.; Bächler, Erich; Weber, Roger; Witvliet, Willem; Liechti, Felix (March 2018). "What makes Alpine swift ascend at twilight? Novel geolocators reveal year-round flight behaviour". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72 (3): 45. Bibcode:2018BEcoS..72...45M. doi:10.1007/s00265-017-2438-6. ISSN 0340-5443. PMC 5847200. PMID 29568149.

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Meier, Christoph M.; Karaardıç, Hakan; Aymí, Raül; Peev, Strahil G.; Bächler, Erich; Weber, Roger; Witvliet, Willem; Liechti, Felix (March 2018). "What makes Alpine swift ascend at twilight? Novel geolocators reveal year-round flight behaviour". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72 (3): 45. Bibcode:2018BEcoS..72...45M. doi:10.1007/s00265-017-2438-6. ISSN 0340-5443. PMC 5847200. PMID 29568149.

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Stromberg, Joseph. This Bird Can Stay in Flight for Six Months Straight: A lightweight sensor attached to alpine swifts reveals that the small migratory birds can remain aloft for more than 200 days without touching down, Smithsonian Magazine website, 8 October 2013.

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Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

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Chantler, Phil (2000). Swifts: a guide to the swifts and treeswifts of the world. Gerald Driessens (2nd ed.). Mountfield, East Sussex: Pica Press. ISBN 978-1-4081-3539-6. OCLC 671558350.
Frost, Martin D.; Burke, R. Wayne (2005). "Two observations of Alpine Swift (Apus melba) on Barbados". Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 18: 79–80. ISSN 1544-4953.
Burke, Wayne (1994). "Alpine Swift ( Tachymarptis mela ) photographed on St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles- third record for the western hemisphere". Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 7 (3): 3. ISSN 1544-4953.
Feldman, Philippe; Pavis, Claude (1995). "Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) observed in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles: A fourth record for the Western Hemisphere: A fourth record for the western hemisphere". Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 8 (2): 2A. ISSN 1544-4953.
Meier, Christoph M.; Karaardıç, Hakan; Aymí, Raül; Peev, Strahil G.; Bächler, Erich; Weber, Roger; Witvliet, Willem; Liechti, Felix (March 2018). "What makes Alpine swift ascend at twilight? Novel geolocators reveal year-round flight behaviour". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72 (3): 45. Bibcode:2018BEcoS..72...45M. doi:10.1007/s00265-017-2438-6. ISSN 0340-5443. PMC 5847200. PMID 29568149.
B.D., Collins, C.T. Tella, José Luis Colahan (2009). Food habits of the alpine swift on two continents: Intra- and interspecific comparisons. Sociedad Española de Ornitología. OCLC 1103389890.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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