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Scarce swift

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Scarce swift
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Schoutedenapus
De Roo, 1968
Species:
S. myoptilus
Binomial name
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
(Salvadori, 1888)

The scarce swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

It is monotypic in the genus Schoutedenapus. Schouteden's swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni) was previously considered a distinct species, but was found to be a darker juvenile or sub-adult scarce swift subspecies chapini.

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