Fernando Po swift

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| name = Fernando Po swift

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |title=Apus sladeniae |year=2023 |page= e.T22686825A224167642 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T22686825A224167642.en |access-date=1 April 2024}}

| taxon = Apus sladeniae

| authority = (Ogilvie-Grant, 1904)

| synonyms = Apus barbatus ssp. sladeniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1904)

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The Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria.

The specific epithet is for Constance Sladen, who provided financial support for its discovery.Beolens, B., Watkins, M. and Grayson, M. (2020). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds: Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 516.

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