Apus apus
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Entirely sooty brown with no pale underparts; only a small pale throat patch, invisible at distance
Long narrow sickle-shaped wings and a cigar-shaped body, giving an anchor-like silhouette
Never perches on branches, wires or the ground; only clings vertically at its roof-cavity nest
Tail short with a shallow fork, lacking the long streamers of barn swallow
Forms screaming parties that race around buildings on summer evenings
Long high-pitched screaming call given in flocks on the wing
