I love Swifts. Swifts and Swallows are the product of convergent evolution and aren’t closely related to one another. The closest relatives of Swifts are the Hummingbirds of the Americas. Their scientific name is Apus apus. Apus is from ‘a-‘ for ‘without’ and ‘-pus’ like ‘pod’ or ‘ped’ which means … Continue reading Swift by name