Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi)

Other Names (World)
Forbes-Watson's Swift, Watson's Swift, Berlioz's Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Ripley, 1965

Range (Guide)

Kenya (NB), Somalia (B), Yemen (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi) [XC543748]
by Alain Malengreau from Inhassoro, Inhassoro, Inhambane, Mozambique (call, flight call, flight calls)

Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi) [XC488728]
by Etienne Marais from Khawr Rawi, Oman (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with African Swift (Apus barbatus), Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus) and Bradfield's Swift (Apus bradfieldi). Birds breeding in south-eastern Somalia (Hal Hambo) are apparently intermediate between nominate and subspecies bensoni.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

berliozi Ripley, 1965 - Socotra.
bensoni Brooke, 1969 - Somalia. Winters south to coastal Kenya.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Forbes-Watsons Swift (Apus berliozi) - 10 files

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