Böhm’s Spinetail
Photo: Maans Booysen, Birding Weto · CC BY-SA 4.0

Swifts

Böhm’s Spinetail

Neafrapus boehmi

LCLeast Concern
Family
Swifts (Apodidae)
Order
Apodiformes

Overview

Böhm's spinetail, also Bohm's spinetail or Boehm's spinetail, (Neafrapus boehmi), also known as the bat-like spinetail, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It occurs in the vicinity of Baobab trees and nests in cavities in the trees.
The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.