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African Swift (barbatus)
Apus barbatus barbatus (Sclater, PL 1866)
Classification
Order:Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
Genus:
Apus
Scientific:
Apus barbatus barbatus
Original description
Citation:
(Sclater, PL 1866)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
1865, pt.3 p.599
Imprint year:
1865
Protonym:
Cypselus barbatus
Type locality:
South Africa; the type is from Cape Province, fide Grant and Mackworth-Praed, antea, p. 49.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90412#page/693/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
FFF31F769EC661BC
Avibase ID:
avibase-FFF31F76
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FFF31F76
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693377
English:
African Swift (barbatus)
French:
Martinet du Cap (barbatus)
African Swift (barbatus)
French:
Martinet du Cap (barbatus)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Swift (barbatus) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Swift (barbatus) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Swift (barbatus) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): African Swift (barbatus) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Swift (nominate) ( Apus barbatus barbatus) |
| Avilist 2025: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Apus barbatus barbatus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: nominal subspecies
This taxon is a subspecies of
Apus barbatus [barbatus]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: African Swift, African Swift (barbatus), African Swift (nominate), Cape Swift
French: Martinet du Cap, Martinet du Cap (barbatus), Martinet du Cap (nominal), Martinet du Cap (nominale), Martinet du Cap (race nominale)
Scientific: Apus barbatus, Apus barbatus barbatus, Apus barbatus sladeniae, Apus sladeniae sladeniae, Cypselus barbatus, Cypselus sladeniae
Polish: jerzyk afrykanski, jerzyk afrykański
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