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Fernando Po swift

Apus sladeniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1904)

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The fernando po swift (Apus sladeniae) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 40 g to 42.8 g and live up to 21 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

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Quick facts about the fernando po swift

Weight
40 g – 42.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
21 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
21.1 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
rockysrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
19.6 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
24 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fernando po swift live?

Not recorded

What is the fernando po swift?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The African black swift (Apus barbatus), also known as the African swift or black swift, is a medium-sized bird in the swift family. It breeds in Africa discontinuously from Liberia, Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda and Kenya southwards to South Africa. The "black swifts" of Madagascar and the Comoros are either taken as two subspecies of the African black swift, or otherwise deemed a full species, the Malagasy black swift.

From the Wikipedia article “African black swift” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_black_swift&oldid=1353633502), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the fernando po swift endangered?

The fernando po swift is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.

How is the fernando po swift classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusApus
  7. SpeciesApus sladeniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1904)

Synonyms Apus barbatus sladeniae, Cypselus sladeniae

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • falciot de SladenCatalan
  • rorýs západoafrickýCzech
  • Bioko SejlerDanish
  • Fernando Po-sejlerDanish
  • DunkelseglerGerman
  • WestafrikaseglerGerman
  • niĝeria apodoEsperanto
  • Vencejo de Fernando PooSpanish
  • tõmmupiiritaja (tõmmu-piirpääsuke)Estonian
  • Martinet de Fernando PoFrench
  • zapadnoafrička čiopaCroatian
  • Rondone di Fernando PoItalian
  • ナンアアマツバメJapanese
  • BiokogierzwaluwDutch
  • Fernando-PogierzwaluwDutch
  • iboseilerNorwegian
  • jerzyk zatokowyPolish
  • andorinhão-de-fernando-póPortuguese
  • Гвинейский стрижRussian
  • dážďovník čiernySlovak
  • biokoseglareSwedish
  • серпокрилець ангольськийUkrainian
  • 费波黑雨燕Chinese
  • 菲南多黑雨燕Chinese

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Relatives of the fernando po swift

Other species in the same genus Apus.

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Common questions

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How big is the fernando po swift?

An adult fernando po swift weighs 40 g – 42.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fernando po swift endangered?

The fernando po swift is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

How long does the fernando po swift live?

The fernando po swift has a recorded lifespan of 21 years.

What kind of animal is the fernando po swift?

The fernando po swift (Apus sladeniae) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fernando-po-swift

MLA

“Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fernando-po-swift.

BibTeX
@misc{fernando_po_swift_2026,
  title = {Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fernando-po-swift},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}