Schouteden's Swift

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Schouteden's Swift is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Schouteden's Swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Schoutedenapus schoutedeni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

The Schouteden's Swift is found in the east-central Congo This unknown swift is known from only five adults collected from the Itombwe Mountains and the Kamituga area, between Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika in eastern Congo. For details of dates and locations, see below. It is very similar in size to the the Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myioptilus, and is separated from this species by having a uniformly blackish face. More

Schouteden's Swift , is unlikely ever to be rediscovered. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7: This and Figure 8 are correctly orientated, and appear to capture the moment when the swifts began the "tumbling" flight action mentioned in the text above. More