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    Pallid Swift? Tenerife, July 2022

    Yep, Plain Swift, Eduardo has confirmed as well. Thanks so much to all for your opinions!
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    Pallid Swift? Tenerife, July 2022

    Dear All, I have addressed this question to Eduardo Garcia del Rey, an expert ornithologist from Sociedad Ornitológica Canaria (I managed to obtain his contact details from Robert Burton, a birder permanently based on La Palma who runs a blog on La Palma birds). I will publish his opinion here...
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    Pallid Swift? Tenerife, July 2022

    Thank you. Do I understand correctly that you would lean towards Plain Swift in this case?
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    Pallid Swift? Tenerife, July 2022

    Hi All, pls kindly advise - is that a Pallid Swift? Seen at Barranco de Ruiz on Tenerife, where normally only Plain and Pallid Swifts are present in summer - and this one certainly looked different from Plain Swifts (bigger, longer winged and the flight pattern 'more predictable", not erratic...
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