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Mottled Swift

Tachymarptis aequatorialis

The mottled swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis) is a species of bird in the swift family, Apodidae. It is one of two species in the genus Tachymarptis together with the alpine swift (T. melba). It occurs widely in eastern Africa and locally in western Africa. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Jali Makawa noted that the Alomwe people hunted these swifts by swirling long bamboo poles above them to swat the swifts down. Makawa and C.W. Benson tasted these birds and found them palatable.
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Lucas Corneliussen
Sunday 30 Jun 2019 - 1:06pm
Tanzania
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Lucas Corneliussen
Saturday 29 Jun 2019 - 7:41am
Tanzania
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Lucas Corneliussen
Saturday 29 Jun 2019 - 7:40am
Tanzania
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Daniel Sloan
Saturday 27 Aug 2011 - 6:50pm
Tanzania
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