Apus aequatorialis The mottled swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis) is a species of bird in the swift family, Apodidae.

It is one of two species in the genus Tachymarptis together with the alpine swift (T.

[2] It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

[1] Jali Makawa noted that the Alomwe people hunted these swifts by swirling long bamboo poles above them to swat the swifts down.

Benson tasted these birds and found them palatable.