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African Swift
Apus barbatus (Sclater, PL 1866)
The African black swift, also known as the African swift or black swift, is a medium-sized bird in the swift family. It breeds in Africa discontinuously from Liberia, Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda and Kenya southwards to South Africa. The "black swifts" of Madagascar and the Comoros are either taken as two subspecies of the African black swift, or otherwise deemed a full species, the Malagasy black swift. Source: Wikipedia
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Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
Genus:
Apus
Scientific:
Apus barbatus
Classification
Order:Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
Genus:
Apus
Scientific:
Apus barbatus
Original description
Citation:
(Sclater, PL 1866)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
1865, Part 3 p.599
Protonym:
Cypselus barbatus
Type locality:
South Africa; the type is from Cape Province, fide Grant and Mackworth-Praed, antea, p. 49.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497584
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
5086F50B49DE0CB5
Avibase ID:
avibase-5086F50B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5086F50B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555009
Geographic range:
- Apus barbatus barbatus: South Africa
- Apus barbatus glanvillei: Known from two specimens from Sierra Leone (Rokupr)
- Apus barbatus serlei: W Cameroon (Bamenda Plateau)
- Apus barbatus roehli: eastern Ethiopia to northeastern Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; northeastern Angola
- Apus barbatus oreobates: Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Mt. Gorongoza)
- Apus barbatus hollidayi: Victoria Falls area on Zambia/Zimbabwe border
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Source: Clements checklist
African Swift
Catalan:
Falciot del Cap
Czech:
rorýs kapský
Danish:
Afrikansk Sort Sejler
German:
Kapsegler
Spanish:
Vencejo de El Cabo
Finnish:
afrikantervakiitäjä
French:
Martinet du Cap
Croatian:
afrička čiopa
Hungarian:
fokföldi sarlósfecske
Italian:
Rondone africano
Japanese (romaji):
minamikuroamatsubame
Japanese:
ミナミクロアマツバメ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinis čiurlys
Dutch:
Kaapse Gierzwaluw
Norwegian:
Bekseiler
Polish:
jerzyk afrykański
Portuguese:
andorinhão-preto-africano
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinhão-africano
Russian:
Капский стриж
Slovak:
dážďovník tmavoprsý
Serbian:
Afrička čiopa
Swedish:
afrikansk svartseglare
Ukrainian:
Серпокрилець капський
Chinese:
非洲黑雨燕
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲黑雨燕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Martinet du Cap ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: African Swift (African) ( Apus barbatus [barbatus Group]) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: African Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: African Black Swift ( Apus barbatus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Apus barbatus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Apus [barbatus or sladeniae]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Swartwindswael, Swartwindswael (Afrikaanse)
Catalan: Falciot del Cap
Czech: Rorýs kapský
Danish: Afrikansk Sort Sejler, Afrikansk Sort Sejler [barbatus Gruppe]
German: Balston-Segler, Kapsegler, Kapsegler [barbatus-Gruppe]
Greek: Αφρικανική Σταχτάρα [barbatus]
English: African Black Swift, African Swift, African Swift (African), African Swiftlet, Bearded Swift, Black Swift
English, HBW: African Swift
English (IOC): African Black Swift
English (Kenya): African Black Swift, African Black Swift (African)
English (United States): African Swift (African)
English (South Africa): African Black Swift, African Black Swift (African)
Esperanto: Afrika apuso
Spanish: Vencejo de El Cabo, Vencejo de El Cabo (grupo barbatus), Vencejo del Cabo (grupo barbatus), Vencejo Negro Africano
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo de El Cabo (grupo barbatus), Vencejo del Cabo, Vencejo del Cabo (grupo barbatus), Vencejo del Cabo [barbatus Group]
Spanish (HBW): African Swift (African)
Estonian: lõunapiiritaja, lõunapiiritaja e. lõuna-piirpääsuke, lõuna-piirpääsuke, madagaskari piiritaja (madagaskari piirpääsuke)
Finnish: Afrikantervakiitäjä
French: Martinet du Cap, Martinet du Cap [barbatus], Martinet du Cap [nominal], Martinet noir africain
Hebrew: סיס אפריקני
Croatian: afrička čiopa
Hungarian: fokföldi sarlósfecske
Italian: Rondone africano, Rondone nero africano
Japanese (romaji): minamikuroamatsubame, minamikuroamatsubame (barbatus guru-pu)
Japanese: ミナミクロアマツバメ, ミナミクロアマツバメ (barbatus グループ), ミナミクロアマツバメ（barbatus グループ）
Kwangali: Sisampamema
Scientific: Apus apus barbatus, Apus barbatus, Apus barbatus [barbatus Group], Apus barbatus barbatus, Cypselus barbatus
Lithuanian: Afrikinis čiurlys
Malagasy: Fangalamoty, Tsidisidina
Dutch: Kaapse Gierzwaluw, Kaapse Gierzwaluw (barbatus groep)
Norwegian: Bekseiler, bekseiler (barbatus gr.), Negerseiler
Polish: jerzyk afrykanski, jerzyk afrykański, jerzyk afrykański [gr. barbatus]
Portuguese: Andorinhão petro africano, Andorinhão-preto-africano
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-africano, andorinhão-preto-africano [grupo barbatus]
Russian: Капский стриж, Капский стриж [группа barbatus], Стриж африканский
Slovak: dážďovník tmavoprsý, dážďovník tmavoprsý (skup.)
Serbian: Afrička čiopa, Afrička čiopa (barbatus grupa)
Sotho, Southern: Lehaqasi
Swedish: afrikansk svartseglare, Svartseglare
Swahili: Teleka Mweusi
Tswana: Pêolwane
Turkish: Kap Ebabili, Kap ebabili [barbatus grubu]
Tsonga: Nkonjana
Ukrainian: Серпокрилець капський
Xhosa: Ihlabankomo
Chinese: 非洲黑雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲黑雨燕
Zulu: iHlabankomo
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