Vencejo de El Cabo vs Greater dodder

Apus barbatus compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Vencejo de El Cabo	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Apodidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Apus	Cuscuta
Species	Apus barbatus	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Vencejo de El Cabo

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Vencejo de El Cabo	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Vencejo de El Cabo

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Vencejo de El Cabo

The African Swift (Apus barbatus) is a species in the genus Apus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.