Mottled swift
| Mottled Swift | |
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| Species: | T. aequatorialis
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| Tachymarptis aequatorialis (von Müller, 1851)
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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
- ^ a b Chantler, Phil & Gerald Driessens (2000) Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World, 2nd ed., Pica Press, East Sussex.
- ^ BirdLife International 2004. Tachymarptis aequatorialis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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