The Fernando Po swift (''Apus sladeniae'') is a species of
swift in the family
Apodidae.
It is found in
Angola,
Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
, and
Nigeria.
The specific epithet is for
Constance Sladen
Constance Sladen (11 August 184817 January 1906) was an artist, architectural historian, and philanthropist who was one of the first female members of the Linnean Society of London and founded the Percy Sladen Memorial Trust in memory of her l ...
, who provided financial support for its discovery.
[Beolens, B., Watkins, M. and Grayson, M. (2020). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds: Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 516.]
References
Apus (genus)
Birds of Central Africa
Birds described in 1904
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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