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Apodiformes / Apodidae / Tachymarptis

Mottled Swift

Tachymarptis aequatorialis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (motswi2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Tachymarptis

Subspecies (5)

Tachymarptis aequatorialis aequatorialis

Eritrea and Ethiopia southward to southern Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe, and westward to western Angola
Tachymarptis aequatorialis bamendae

northwestern Cameroon
Tachymarptis aequatorialis furensis

western Sudan (Darfur region)
Tachymarptis aequatorialis gelidus

southwestern Zimbabwe
Tachymarptis aequatorialis lowei

Sierra Leone to Nigeria

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (motswi2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.