bird · Apodiformes · Apodidae

Horus Swift

Apus horus (Heuglin, 1869) — also called HOSW, Horus Swift (Brown-rumped). Occurrence records of the Horus Swift are shared on GBIF from around 3 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Lotheni Nature Reserve (9 records).

IUCN: Least concernApodidae

3reserves with records

24records around them

1provinces

LCIUCN category

Horus Swift (Apus horus) — Photo: Robert Wienand, Chloorkop, South Africa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Lotheni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	9
Coleford Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
Loteni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	7

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Scientific name: Apus horus
GBIF taxon: 5228640
Wikidata: Q1270680

More of the Apodidae family

White-rumped Swift Little Swift African Palm Swift Alpine Swift African Black Swift Common Swift

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.