Swifts
Order: Apodiformes. Family: Apodidae
Swifts are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in Sierra Leone.
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- African Swift Apus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sierra Leone