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A harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642. A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman. The most celebrated story in which the harpies play a part is that of King Phineus of Thrace, who was given the gift of prophecy by Zeus. Angry that Phineus gave away the god's secret plan, Zeus punished him by blinding him and ...
The genus name "Harpiliopsis" has its etymological roots in Greek. The term is a combination of two Greek words: Harpilos (ἁρπυλίς): This word in Greek refers to a harpy or a mythical creature with the body of a bird and the face of a woman.
Even the common swift can cruise at a maximum speed of 31 metres per second (112 km/h; 70 mph). In a single year the common swift can cover at least 200,000 km, [8] and in a lifetime, about two million kilometers. [9] The wingtip bones of swiftlets are of proportionately greater length than those of most other birds.
Grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) Band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicaudus) Lesser Antillean swift (Chaetura martinica) Costa Rican swift (Chaetura fumosa) Pale-rumped swift (Chaetura egregia) Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) Chapman's swift (Chaetura chapmani) Ashy-tailed swift (Chaetura andrei)
The white-rumped swift (Apus caffer) is a species of swift. Although this small bird is superficially similar to a house martin , it is not closely related to that passerine species. The resemblances between the swallows and swifts are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles.
Spot-fronted swift Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae Genus: Cypseloides Species: C. cherriei Binomial name Cypseloides cherriei Ridgway, 1893 The spot-fronted swift (Cypseloides cherriei) is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of ...
Band-rumped swift Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae Genus: Chaetura Species: C. spinicaudus Binomial name Chaetura spinicaudus (Temminck, 1839) Synonyms Acanthylis spinicauda The band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicaudus) is a species of bird ...
The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes.