International Swift Conferences are biennial meetings of ornithologists that focus on birds of the swift family. [1] The first two conventions focused exclusively on the common swift (Apus apus), [2] [3] [4] whereas the following ones broadened the scope to additional species, such as the Pallid swift (Apus pallidus) and the Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba), presented in the Cambridge 2014 conference. [5]
The first conference was held between 8 and 11 April 2010, in Berlin, Germany. 34 participants attended the conference, hosted by the Evangelical School of Neukölln. The presentations covered scientific studies of the common swift, amateur interaction with the birds, and also legal conservational aspects of protecting swifts. [2] [3] It was sponsored by the hosting school, and by APUSlife, the Commonswift Worldwide organization's online virtual magazine.
The second conference was also held in Berlin, between 10 and 12 April 2012, again, at the Evangelical School of Neukölln. It was attended by 78 participants, from 20 countries, including Belgium, China, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Guernsey, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. [4]
Held between 8 and 10 April 2014 at the Parkside Community College, Cambridge. As mentioned above, this conference was the first in the series to cover species other than the common swift. [5]
Held in between 7 and 10 April 2016, at the Hotel Nord in Szczecin, Poland, with 84 attendants from 23 countries: Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Uzbekistan. [6] Among the presentations was Michael Tarburton's, about the Australian swiftlet, Aerodramus terraereginae.
Held between 11 and 16 March 2018, at the Ruth Daniel Residence Hotel, in Jaffa, Israel, with 64 participants from 20 countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, UK and United States. [7]
This conference was the first outside of Europe, and it introduced two more topics, in addition to the scientific and legal ones:
The 6th International Swift Conference, the first one to be held in the Iberian Peninsula, was initially planned to be held in Segovia, 20–22 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic was postponed to May 2021. [9]
The common swift is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar contextual development. The swifts' nearest relatives are the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.
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