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African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus - Afrikaanse Palmgierzwaluw
Africa south of the Sahara.
The following 6 subspecies are being recognized:
Cypsiurus parvus parvus - Senegal and Gambia to North-Ethiopia and Southwest-Arabia;
Cypsiurus parvus brachypterus - Sierra Leone to Northeast-DR Congo, Angola and islands in the Gulf of Guinea;
Cypsiurus parvus myochrous - South-Sudan to Northeast-South Africa;
Cypsiurus parvus laemostigma - South-Somalia to North-Mozambique;
Cypsiurus parvus hyphaenes - North-Namibia and North-Botswana;
Cypsiurus parvus celer - South-Mozambique and East-South Africa.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.