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Mottled swift

Mottled swift
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
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 very sparsely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, although more so throughout East Africa.

Jali Makawa noted that the Alomwe people hunted these swifts by swirling long bamboo poles above them to swat the swifts down. Makawa and C.W. Benson tasted these birds and found them palatable.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Tachymarptis aequatorialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22686788A111670750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22686788A111670750.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Benson, C. W. (1952). "Notes from Nyasaland (preliminary to publication of a check-list)". Ostrich. 23 (3): 144–159. doi:10.1080/00306525.1952.9633793. ISSN 0030-6525.


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