List of Birds of The Comoros - Swifts

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes. Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in the Comoros.

  • Malagasy Spinetail Zoonavena grandidieri
  • Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
  • African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
  • Common Swift Apus apus
  • African Swift Apus barbatus
  • Madagascar Swift Apus balstoni

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