Malagasy black swift

{{short description|Species of bird}}

{{about|the bird|the lizards sometimes known as Madagascar swifts|Oplurus}}

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| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Apus balstoni |volume=2018 |page=e.T22686839A130111276 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22686839A130111276.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Apus

| species = balstoni

| authority = (Bartlett, E, 1880)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Apus balstoni verspreiding in rooi.png

| range_map_caption = Range{{cite book |last1=Chantler |first1=Phil |last2=Driessens |first2=Gerald |title=A Guide to the Swifts and Tree Swifts of the World |date=2000 |publisher=Pica Press |isbn=1-873403-83-6}}{{leftlegend|#F61C01|Apus balstoni|outline=gray}}{{leftlegend|#0ECC07|Apus barbatus|outline=gray}}

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The Malagasy black swift (Apus balstoni) or Madagascar swift, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Subspecies

References