アマツバメ

noun

swift (bird of family Apodidae)

General term for swifts, a family of fast-flying birds. Often written in katakana.

• アマツバメは飛とぶのがとても速はやい鳥とりです。

  Swifts are birds that fly very fast.

noun

fork-tailed swift; Pacific swift

Specifically refers to Apus pacificus, a migratory swift species found in East Asia.

• アマツバメは夏なつ鳥どりとして日本にほんに渡と来らいします。

  The fork-tailed swift comes to Japan as a summer bird.