Forbes-Watson's swift

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Forbes-Watson's swift

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Apus berliozi |volume=2016 |page=e.T22686831A93127986 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686831A93127986.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Apus berliozi

| authority = Ripley, 1966

| synonyms =

}}

Forbes-Watson's swift (Apus berliozi) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It breeds in coastal areas of Somalia and the southern Arabian Peninsula and on the island of Socotra. In the non-breeding season it has been observed as far south as coastal Mozambique.{{cite journal |last1=Marais |first1=Etienne |last2=Peacock |first2=Faansie |last3=Allport |first3=Gary |title=First record of Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi in southern Africa, with comments on vocal and visual identification |journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club |date=9 March 2021 |volume=141 |issue=1 |pages=21–38 |doi=10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a3 |doi-access=free }}

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