Scarce Swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus)
About the Scarce Swift
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. 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. Scarce swift - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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Listed as recorded in Kenya, Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.