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.
External links
- Scarce swift - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
References
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. /wiki/Frank_Gill_(ornithologist) ↩