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 LC    Scarce Swift* Id (Atlas):
    Schoutedenapus myoptilus

Description (5)
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Other Names (World)
Scarce Swift, Chapin's Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1888)

Range (Guide)
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
Scarce Swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus) [XC429733]
     by Louis A. Hansen, Louise Pedersen, Henrik Kisbye from Sikuni Camp area, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Tanzania (flight call)

 
Scarce Swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus) [XC367490]
     by Louis A. Hansen from Ukami Forest, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Formerly considered to include Schouteden's Swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni) as a subspecies. In past, subspecies poensis was considered a subspecies of Plain Swift (Apus unicolor). Species name sometimes misspelt myioptilus.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • poensis (Alexander, 1903)   -  Bioko I (Fernando Póo, in Gulf of Guinea).
  • chapini (Prigogine, 1957)   -  Eastern Zaire, Rwanda and south-western Uganda.
  • myoptilus (Salvadori, 1888)   -  Scattered populations from Ethiopia south to Zimbabwe.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Scarce Swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus) - 5 files


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