Tuesday, June 19, 2012

>Tachymarptis aequatorialis (Mottled Swift)

Mottled Swift


 


Mottled Swift
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Tachymarptis
Species:T. aequatorialis
Binomial name
Tachymarptis aequatorialis
(von Müller, 1851)
Synonyms
Apus aequatorialis
The Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis) is a species of bird in the swift family, Apodidae. It is one of two species in the genus Tachymarptis together with the Alpine Swift (T. melba). It occurs widely in eastern Africa and locally in western Africa. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso,Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast,Eritrea,Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,
 Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda,Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania,
Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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