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 Tanzania.
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Bat-like Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- African Swift Apus barbatus
- Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi (A)
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tanzania