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Apodiformes / Apodidae / Schoutedenapus

Scarce Swift

Schoutedenapus myoptilus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (scaswi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Schoutedenapus

Subspecies (3)

Schoutedenapus myoptilus chapini

highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and southwestern Uganda
Schoutedenapus myoptilus myoptilus

highlands of Ethiopia to Zimbabwe and western Mozambique
Schoutedenapus myoptilus poensis

western Cameroon and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (scaswi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.