Apus sladeniae

The Fernando Po Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria.

The Apus sladeniae is classified as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction.

Fernando Po Swift Apus sladeniae but the African Bird Club treats this as a subspecies African Black Swift A. (barbatus) sladeniae. More

The status of Apus sladeniae (of which there exists a specimen from Bakossi, the only record for Cameroon) is uncertain: this swift could be overlooked as it is difficult to distinguish from Apus barbatus. Ploceus bannermani reaches its western limit at Kodmin, the only part of Bakossi with suitable habitat (forest clearings) for this ecotone species. More

Range & population Apus sladeniae is known from the Bakossi Mountains in west Cameroon (one record only), south-east Nigeria (one record only)2 and Mt Moco in Angola (though the Angolan specimens need confirmation)4,5. It is also known from Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, where six specimens were collected in 1903, but with no subsequent records3. There is a possible sighting (requiring confirmation) of c.10 birds at Moca in Monte Alen National Park in January 1998 - the first record for mainland Equatorial Guinea1. More

Range & population Apus sladeniae is known from the Bakossi Mountains in west Cameroon (one record only) ... www.birdlife.org 3 Apus - Wikipedia Apus bradfieldi. ar glaouer kafir, Apus caffer. Apus horus. Apus niansae. Apus nipalensis ... Sibiria, Apus pacificus. ar glaouer gell, Apus pallidus. Apus sladeniae ... br.wikipedia.org 4 birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder for Apodidae Fork-tailed (Pacific) Swift Apus pacificus © Ian Montgomery http://birdway.com. ... More