Cape Verde Swift
Apus alexandriHartert, EJO, 1901
English (US) Cape Verde Swift
The Cape Verde Swift (Apus alexandri) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Cape Verde IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Apus alexandri
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cape Verde Swift
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1901
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Apus unicolor alexandri
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1901
- Type locality
- Sao Nicolao, Cape Verde Islands.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 8 p.328
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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