Biologists have discovered that a little bird called the common swift (Apus apus) can fly for 10 months straight without landing.

Common swifts spend 10months flying nonstop and racking up almost 60,000 miles on its round-trip journey between England and Antarctica.

They eat, mate and collect nest material while in the air, rarely landing.

Swifts can't take off from flat surfaces due to long wings and short legs.

Data loggers on swifts revealed they remain airborne almost the entire migration.

Swift only spend 0.64% of their migration on land.

Alpine swifts can fly nonstop for up to 200days during migration.

Staying airborne allows swifts to exploit dynamic food sources like flying insects.

Swift cover vast areas of sky, maximizing their chances to catch insect prey.

Constant flight gives swifts extreme mobility, reducing time spent on the ground.