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Schouteden's swift

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Schoutedenapus

Higher classification
  
Schoutedenapus

Order
  
Apodiformes

Family
  
Apodidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Scientific name
  
Schoutedenapus schoutedeni

Similar
  
Schoutedenapus, São Tomé spinetail, Madagascan spinetail, Scarce swift, Tepui swift

The Schouteden's swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Belgian zoologist Henri Eugene Schouteden.

References

Schouteden's swift Wikipedia