Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Apodidae > Apus > Apus niansaeApus niansae (Nyanza Swift)Synonyms: Cypselus niansae The Nyanza swift (Apus niansae) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.8952 EDGE Score: 2.06626 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 40 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 3 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Aerial [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | | Clutches / Year [1] | 2 | | Fledging [1] | 44 days | | Incubation [1] | 21 days | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 21 years | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 6 inches (16 cm) | | | Female Maturity [1] | 1 year 12 months | | Male Maturity [1] | 2 years |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East African montane moorlands |
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian montane forests |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian montane moorlands |
Ethiopia |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Somali montane xeric woodlands |
Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic |
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Aberdare Mountains |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ankober: Debre Sina escarpment |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Arusha National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Bahir Dar: Lake Tana |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4iii |
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Bale Mountains National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Central Plateau: Keren |
Eritrea |
A3 |
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Cherangani Hills |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Chilimo forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Choke mountains |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Denkoro forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Dessa'a forest |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Entoto Natural Park and escarpment |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Gefersa reservoir |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Guassa (Menz) |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Hugumburda and Grat-Kahsu forests |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Jemma and Jara valleys |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kidepo Valley National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kinangop grasslands |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Lake Elmenteita |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Manyara National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Naivasha |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Nakuru National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii |
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Longido Game Controlled Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Masai Mara |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Mau forest complex |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Mau Narok: Molo grasslands |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Menagesha State Forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Metu: Gore: Tepi forests |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Mount Elgon National Park |
Uganda |
A2, A3 |
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Mount Kenya |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Moroto Forest Reserve |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Zuquala |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Mugo highlands |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Murchison Falls National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Nairobi National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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North Pare Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Senafe |
Eritrea |
A2, A3 |
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Simen Mountains National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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South Pare Mountains |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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Sululta plain |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Tiro Boter: Becho forest |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Yegof forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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