Swifts

Bates's Swift

Apus batesi

The Bates's Swift (Apus batesi) is a 22 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Swifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

22 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Ghana, Cameroon, Eq. Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: PN de la Lopé (general area) (Gabon); PN de la Lopé · La Lopé Lodge (Gabon); American University of Central Africa (AUCA) (Equatorial Guinea); Grand Hotel Djibloho (Equatorial Guinea); Ankasa NP (Ghana).