Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesShrublandCup nestMedium · 93 g

Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis), photo 1 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis), photo 2 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis), photo 3 — Photo: Andersen, Thorkild · CC BY 4.0

Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis), photo 4 — Photo: Andersen, Thorkild · CC BY 4.0

Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Mottled Swift

The mottled swift is a species of bird in the swift family, Apodidae. It is very sparsely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, although more so throughout East Africa.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Kenya Tanzania Zimbabwe Ethiopia Uganda Angola Nigeria Sierra Leone Ghana Cameroon Rwanda Congo - Kinshasa Mozambique Guinea Senegal Togo Malawi Gabon Zambia Eritrea Gambia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Côte d’Ivoire.

When to see it

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Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaThe alpine swift is a species of swift found in Africa, southern Europe, and Asia.

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