Bat-like Spinetail
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Bat-like Spinetail

Neafrapus boehmi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Selous Game Reserve
1 Verified records at Selous Game Reserve
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Selous Game Reserve

African Palm-Swift
LC

African Palm-Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cypsiurus parvus

30–40% · Possible
Little Swift
LC

Little Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apus affinis

Insufficient data
White-rumped Swift
LC

White-rumped Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apus caffer

Insufficient data
Mottled Spinetail
LC

Mottled Spinetail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Telacanthura ussheri

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bat-like Spinetail at Selous Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
2 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
20–30%
3 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
4 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
5 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
6 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
7 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
8 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
9 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
10 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
11 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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