| African black swift | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Apus |
| Species: | A. barbatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Apus barbatus (Sclater, PL, 1866)
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| Range[2] migrant resident breeder summer visitor and breeder
Note: Madagascar and Comoros populations sometimes afforded species status, see text. | |
The African black swift (Apus barbatus), also known as the African swift or black swift, is a medium-sized bird in the swift family. It breeds in Africa discontinuously from Liberia, Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda and Kenya southwards to South Africa. The "black swifts" of Madagascar and the Comoros are either taken as two subspecies of the African black swift, or otherwise deemed a full species, the Malagasy black swift.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Apus barbatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22686819A130110767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22686819A130110767.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Chantler, Phil; Driessens, Gerald (2000). A Guide to the Swifts and Tree Swifts of the World. Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-83-6.