Translation for '
Apus' from English to French
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- It is also absent from Tasmania in the south, where it is replaced by "Lepidurus apus".
- Putucusi, Machu Picchu ("old peak" in Quechua) and Huayna Picchu ("young peak") are considered apus or holy mountains by the local Quechua people.
- The common swift ("Apus apus") was the best candidate for research aimed at determining whether or not birds exhibiting USWS can sleep in flight.
- The eel catfish ("Channallabes apus") is an airbreathing catfish found in the muddy swamps of the tropics of Central Africa.
- A Central European subspecies which lived during the last ice age has been described as "Apus apus palapus".
- In 1967 De Roo described the Prigogine's greenbul ("Chlorocichla prigoginei") and in 1970 the subspecies "Apus barbatus serlei of" the African black swift.
- "Etlingera apus-hang" is a monocotyledonous plant species described by Lim Chong Keat.
- He became a specialist on the swifts of the region and was honoured in a subspecies "Apus apus kollibayi" described by Victor von Tschusi which is now considered synonymous to the nominate form.
- Today it is a nesting site for the common swift ("Apus apus").
- "Lepidurus apus" has been found globally in remote areas with no waterways to transport individuals.
- Like Pachatusan, Pillku Urqu and Wanakawri, Sinqa is one of the mountains in the vicinity of Cusco which have been venerated as apus (sacred mountains).
- Other bird species capable of torpor include the common swift ("Apus apus"), the common poor-will ("Phalaenoptilus nuttallii"), the lesser nighthawk ("Chordeiles acutipennis"), and various species of hummingbirds.
- These flies are commonly encountered in the nests of the common swift ("Apus apus") in Europe and Asia.
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