Scarce Swift

Schoutedenapus myoptilus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Apodidae
Genus
Schoutedenapus
eBird Code
scaswi1

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.