English: Common Swift, Black Swift, Eurasian Swift, Northern Swift    

Russian: Чёрный стриж 
Mongolian: Хурын ураацай  
German: Mauersegler
French: Martinet noir    
Japanese: ヨーロッパアマツバメ (Yoroppa-amatsubame) 

Body length:  16-19 cm
Wing span: 40-44 cm

Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 3 (occasionally 2,4)
Egg colour:  Non-glossy, white
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Insects in flight such as flies, mosquitoes, moths, and others.

Habitat: Breeding birds nest in colonies, in crevices of cliffs and rocks, under the roofs of buildings, and tree holes in mountain forests, forest steppe, plains, river valleys, town and villages. The nest is a collection of stems, leaves, other plant debris and feathers, collected while blown about in the air.