Showing posts with label Apus balstoni. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apus balstoni. Show all posts

Thursday, June 21, 2012

>Apus balstoni (Malagasy Black Swift)

Malagasy Black Swift






Malagasy Black Swift
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Apus
Species:A. balstoni
Binomial name
Apus balstoni
(Bartlett, 1880)
The Malagasy Black Swift or Madagascar Swift (Apus balstoni) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.