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LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates
RockyCavity nestSmall · 43 g
RockyCavity nestSmall · 43 g
When to see the Malagasy Black 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 Malagasy Black Swift
Regular range
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Malagasy Black Swift
The Malagasy black swift or Madagascar swift, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
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Easily confused with
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Bradfield's SwiftApus bradfieldiBradfield's swift is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.
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