Cape Verde swift

<p>The Cape Verde swift or Alexander's swift (<i>Apus alexandri</i>) is a small <a href="/facts/Bird/RJF6zwLP">bird</a> of the <a href="/facts/Swift_(bird)/VCEvAWuo">swift</a> family found only in the <a href="/facts/Cape_Verde/YCNhPVhE">Cape Verde</a> Islands. It has been recorded from all the islands except <a href="/facts/Santa_Luzia,_Cape_Verde/KLcpHLWj">Santa Luzia</a> although it probably breeds only on <a href="/facts/Santiago,_Cape_Verde/Tk9JIqKK">Santiago</a>, <a href="/facts/Fogo,_Cape_Verde/kjuK9WJ1">Fogo</a>, <a href="/facts/Brava,_Cape_Verde/rKq5qTur">Brava</a>, <a href="/facts/Santo_Ant%C3%A3o,_Cape_Verde/jfGv9gW6">Santo Antão</a> and <a href="/facts/S%C3%A3o_Nicolau,_Cape_Verde/bru2sNeK">São Nicolau</a>. It is generally common with a stable population and is not considered to be <a href="/facts/Threatened_species/kryGsxNb">threatened</a>. The name Alexander's swift commemorates <a href="/facts/Boyd_Alexander/cPq5fPLz">Boyd Alexander</a>, an <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">English</a> <a href="/facts/Ornithologist/5reEUbx1">ornithologist</a> who led two expeditions to the islands in 1897.
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Cape Verde swift