Bradfield's swift
| Bradfield's swift | |
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| Flying in Northern Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Apus |
| Species: | A. bradfieldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Apus bradfieldi (Roberts, 1926)
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Bradfield's swift (Apus bradfieldi) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the South African naturalist R. D. Bradfield (1882–1949).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Apus bradfieldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686835A93128238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686835A93128238.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 63.
External links
[edit]- Bradfield's swift - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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