Bates's Swift (Apus batesi)

Other Names (World)
Bates's Swift, Black Swift(!), Bates's Black Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1904)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 500 - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria.

Western Cameroon and northern Gabon, Central African Republic, and eastern Zaire (Kivu Province and Semliki Valley); also Sierra Leone to Nigeria, where status uncertain.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Bates's Swift (Apus batesi) [XC513557]
by Phil Gregory from Nsuta Forest, Ghana (flight call)

Bates's Swift (Apus batesi) [XC514121]
by id from Nsuta Forest, Ghana (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Batess Swift (Apus batesi) - 10 files

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