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 LC    Nyanza Swift* Id (Atlas):
    Apus niansae

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Nyanza Swift, Brown Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1887)

Range (Guide)
Eritrea, Ethiopia (B), Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Vagrant to Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the].

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Nyanza Swift (Apus niansae) [XC802150]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Chirkos (near Addis Ababa), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (flight call)

 
Nyanza Swift (Apus niansae) [XC811266]
     by id from Hells Gate National Park (near Sulmac Village), Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Common Swift (Apus apus) and Plain Swift (Apus unicolor) and has been considered conspecific with both, and also with African Swift (Apus barbatus). Subspecies somalicus formerly considered to belong to Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • niansae (Reichenow, 1887)   -  Eritrea, western Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, western Kenya and northern Tanzania; winter records from northern and north-eastern Zaire, north-western Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.
  • somalicus (Clarke, S, 1919)   -  Northern Somalia and adjacent Ethiopia; some birds winter in Kenya.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Nyanza Swift (Apus niansae) - 10 files


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