African Black Swift / Apus barbatus LC

Synonyms African or Fernando Po Swift, African Swiftlet, Bearded Swift, Black Swift, African Swift, African Swift (African)
Old latin name for bird Apus kittenbergeri, Cypselus barbatus

African Black Swiftbird sounds *

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Flight call, juvenile, © Oscar Campbell
South Africa
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Flight call, © Albert Lastukhin
Madagascar
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Call, © Peter Boesman
South Africa
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Call, © Peter Boesman
South Africa
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Flight call, © Albert Lastukhin
Madagascar
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Call, © Peter Boesman
South Africa
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Call, flight call, © julien Birard
Zimbabwe
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Call, © Peter Boesman
South Africa
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Call, © James Bradley
Kenya
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Call, © James Bradley
Kenya

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Bates's Swift

House Swift

Fernando Po Swift

Forbes-Watson's Swift

Where to see African Black Swift

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion s, e

African Black Swift subspecies (6)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Apus barbatus barbatus	South Africa	-	No
Apus barbatus glanvillei	Sierra Leone	-	No
Apus barbatus hollidayi	Victoria Falls (Zambia and Zimbabwe)	-	No
Apus barbatus oreobates	Zimbabwe to Mozambique	-	No
Apus barbatus roehli	e Ethiopia through Kenya and Uganda to ne Angola, e DR Congo and Malawi	-	No
Apus barbatus serlei	w Cameroon	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Swartwindswael, Swartwindswael (Afrikaanse)
Azerbaijani	Afrika qara uzunqanadı
Bulgarian	Африкански бързолет
Catalan	falciot del Cap
Chinese	非洲黑雨燕
Chinese (Traditional)	非洲黑雨燕
Croatian	afrička čiopa
Czech	Rorýs kapský, rorýs tmavoprsý
Danish	Afrikansk Sort Sejler [barbatus Gruppe], Afrikansk Sort Sejler
Dutch	Kaapse Gierzwaluw, Kaapse Gierzwaluw (barbatus groep)
Esperanto	Afrika apuso, afrika apodo
Estonian	lõunapiiritaja, madagaskari piiritaja (madagaskari piirpääsuke), lõunapiiritaja e. lõuna-piirpääsuke
Finnish	afrikantervakiitäjä
French	Martinet noir africain, Martinet du Cap ou M. de Fernando Po, Martinet du Cap, Martinet du Cap [barbatus], Martinet du Cap [nominal]
German	Kapsegler [barbatus-Gruppe], Balston-Segler, Kapsegler
Greek	Αφρικανική Σταχτάρα [barbatus], Αφρικανική Σταχτάρα
Hebrew	סיס אפריקני
Hungarian	fokföldi sarlósfecske
Italian	Rondone africano, Rondone nero africano
Japanese	ミナミクロアマツバメ, ミナミクロアマツバメ (barbatus グループ), ミナミクロアマツバメ（barbatus グループ）
Lithuanian	afrikinis čiurlys
Malagasy	Fangalamoty, Tsidisidina
Norwegian	bekseiler, Negerseiler, bekseiler (barbatus gr.)
Norwegian Nynorsk	Bekseglar
Polish	jerzyk afrykański, jerzyk afrykanski, jerzyk afrykański [gr. barbatus]
Portuguese	andorinhão-africano, Andorinhão-preto-africano, Andorinhão petro africano
Russian	Капский стриж, Капский стриж [группа barbatus], Стриж африканский
Serbian	Afrička čiopa (barbatus grupa), Afrička čiopa
Slovak	dážďovník tmavoprsý (skup.), dážďovník tmavoprsý
Slovenian	Afriški hudournik
Spanish	Vencejo del Cabo, Vencejo del Cabo (grupo barbatus), Vencejo Negro Africano, Vencejo de El Cabo (grupo barbatus), Vencejo de El Cabo
Swahili	Teleka Mweusi
Swedish	kapseglare, biokoseglare/afrikansk svartseglare, afrikansk svartseglare, Svartseglare
Tsonga	Nkonjana
Tswana	Pêolwane
Turkish	Kap Ebabili, Kap ebabili [barbatus grubu]
Ukrainian	серпокрилець капський
Xhosa	Ihlabankomo
Zulu	iHlabankomo