Neafrapus

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Neafrapus
Neafrapus cassini

Neafrapus cassini

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Sailors (Apodidae)
Tribe : Chaeturini
Genre : Neafrapus
Scientific name
Neafrapus
Mathews , 1918

Neafrapus is a small genus of birdsinthe sailor family (Apodidae). The distribution is limited to Africa. The two species of the genus are comparatively strongly localized. The plumage of both species is very similar, the Cassin's swift is significantly larger than the bat swift .

features

The body length of the Cassin swift is 15 centimeters, that of the bat swift around 10 centimeters, making it one of the smallest species of the tribe Chaeturini. The plumage of both species shows a black upper side with a white stripe on the rump or tail-tail. The throat and upper part of the chest are gray, the rest of the underside of the body is white.

Both species have a strikingly short tail, which is offset by very fluffy arm swings . The "tail thorns", the quills protruding over the flags of the control feathers , are clearly developed. The toes are arranged anisodactyl .

Systematics

The species of this genus were originally assigned to the genus Chaetura , in the course of the division of the genus Chaetura by RK Brooke in 1970 , the Neafrapus species became an independent genus.

The following species are included in the genus:

literature

  • Phil Chantler, Gerald Driessens: A Guide to the Swifts and Tree Swifts of the World. Pica Press, Mountfield 2000, ISBN 1-873403-83-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This and all information not specially marked are taken from the following source: A Guide to the Swifts and Tree Swifts of the World . Page 169, see literature
  2. ↑ Chantler, Driessens: A Guide to the Swifts and Tree Swifts of the World . Page 24, see literature

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