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Forbes-Watson's Swift

Apus berliozi

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesRockyCup nestSmall · 38 g
Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 1
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Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 2
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Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 3
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Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 4
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 5
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Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 6
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Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 7
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Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 8
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 9
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Forbes-Watson's Swift (Apus berliozi), photo 10
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Forbes-Watson's Swift

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Forbes-Watson's Swift

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Oman Yemen Kenya

About the Forbes-Watson's Swift

Forbes-Watson's swift is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It breeds in coastal areas of Somalia and the southern Arabian Peninsula and on the island of Socotra. In the non-breeding season it has been observed as far south as coastal Mozambique.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Bates's Swift (Apus batesi) Bates's SwiftApus batesiBates's swift is a small, slender swift with a deeply forked tail which is often held closed to form a point. Dark-rumped Swift (Apus acuticauda) Dark-rumped SwiftApus acuticaudaThe dark-rumped swift is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Cape Verde Swift (Apus alexandri) Cape Verde SwiftApus alexandriIt is 13 cm long with a wingspan of 34 to 35 cm.

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