Species Detail - Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Tachymarptis melba
Alpine Swift
NHMSYS0021268976
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
N/A
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
69
43
26
14/03/1833
26/09/2013
14 March (recorded in 1833)
9 November (recorded in 1988)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/305508>