Mottled Swift

Mottled Swift
Mottled Swift
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Tachymarptis
Species: T. aequatorialis
Binomial name
Tachymarptis aequatorialis
(von Müller, 1851)
Synonyms

Apus aequatorialis

The Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis) is a species of bird in the swift family, Apodidae. It is one of two species in the genus Tachymarptis together with the Alpine Swift (T. melba).[1] It occurs widely in eastern Africa and locally in western Africa.[1] It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Chantler, Phil & Gerald Driessens (2000) Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World, 2nd ed., Pica Press, East Sussex.
  2. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Tachymarptis aequatorialis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.



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