Bradfield's swift
| Bradfield's swift | |
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| Flying in Northern Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Tockus |
| Species: | T. bradfieldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tockus bradfieldi (Roberts, 1926)
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The Bradfield's swift (Apus bradfieldi) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the South African naturalist R. D. Bradfield (1882–1949).[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 63.
External links
- Bradfield's swift - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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