The scarce swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It has a disjunct range of presence throughout the Afromontane : Cameroon line, Albertine Rift montane forests, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.
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| Schoutedenapus myoptilus in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Schoutedenapus De Roo, 1968 |
| Species: | S. myoptilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Schoutedenapus myoptilus (Salvadori, 1888)
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It is the only species in the genus Schoutedenapus. Schouteden's swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni) was previously considered a distinct species, but was found to be a darker juvenile or sub-adult scarce swift subspecies chapini.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Schoutedenapus myoptilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T157470471A157471619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T157470471A157471619.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Fishpool, L.D.C. (2019). "A reappraisal of Schouteden's Swift". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 26 (1): 38–57.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
External links edit
- Scarce swift - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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