Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Madagascar Swift, Malagasy Black Swift
Common Names in Russian:
Стриж мадагаскарский
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
- 13.1 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Apodiformes
()
- Peters, 1940
- Order:
Apodiformes
(
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Apus apus balstoni (Bartlett 1879) • Apus balstoni (Bartlett, 1880) • Cypselus balstoni Bartlett 1879
Similar Species
Members of the genus Apus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. acuticauda (Dark-Backed Swift) · A. aequatorialis (Mottled Swift) · A. affinis (Little Swift) · A. affinis affinis (Little Swift) · A. alexandri (Alexander's Swift) · A. apus (Eurasian Swift) · A. apus apus (Common Swift) · A. apus marwitzi (Common Swift) · A. balstoni (Malagasy Black Swift) · A. barbatus (African Black Swift) · A. barbatus barbatus (African Black Swift) · A. batesi (Bates' Black Swift) · A. berliozi (Forbes Watson's Swift) · A. bradfieldi (Bradfield's Swift) · A. bradfieldi bradfieldi (Bradfield's Swift) · A. caffer (African White-Rumped Swift) · A. horus (Loanda Swift) · A. melba (Alpine Swift) · A. melba melba (Alpine Swift) · A. niansae (Nyanza Swift) · A. nipalensis (House Swift) · A. nipalensis nipalensis (House Swift) · A. pacificus (White-Rumped Swift) · A. pacificus pacificus (Fork-Tailed Swift) · A. pallidus (Pale Brown Swift) · A. pallidus pallidus (Pallid Swift) · A. sladeniae (Fernando Po Swift) · A. toulsoni (Loanda Swift) · A. unicolor (Plain-Coloured Swift)
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Further Reading
- ANIMALIA
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2009. Apus balstoni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10393
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14160869
- IUCN ID: 192250
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3960941
