Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Swifts :: African Swift

African Swift Apus barbatus

Described by: Sclater, P. L. (1865)
Alternate common name(s): African Black Swift, Fernando Po Swift
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Luanda, Angola - May 28, 2005 © Charlie Moores 
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Range

Tropical Africa;
Highly fragmented and local distribution;
(1) Sierra Leone.
(2) Se. Nigeria, w. Cameroon, Fernando Po Is. and w. Angola. N. Liberia.
(3) Cameroon.
(4) E. Zaire (Kivu area) and Uganda, Rwanda, w. and s. Kenya, n. Tanzania and Malawi.
(5) Sw. Zambia and ne. Botswana.
(6) S. Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe to e. and s. South Africa (Cape Province).
(7) Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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