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  1. mäkpe

    Pallid or Common Swift - Southern Spain May 2010

    Actually it helps pretty much. Now i'm even more sure that it really is a Common Swift. You can clearly see very limited pale fringes in underparts and dark underwingcoverts. Also the head looks rather dark. Astonishing photos!
  2. mäkpe

    Pallid or Common Swift - Southern Spain May 2010

    I think we need more pics from different angles.
  3. mäkpe

    Pallid or Common Swift - Southern Spain May 2010

    "The lighting makes this a more tricky bird" "Pallids do usually show blunter wings, this is not always reflected in photos where a certain angle or the way the wings are held at that instant can make them (as here) look pointed," I fully agree with these. However, a (quite) recent ID-article...
  4. mäkpe

    Pallid or Common Swift - Southern Spain May 2010

    Very nice photos! I agree with Parker. Number 2 has dark underwing coverts, only faint light fringing on body feathers and pointed wings so it is Common Swift.
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