title: Malagasy black swift
text: # Malagasy black swift
  
  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
  
  * A. b. balstoni – Madagascar
  * A. b. mayottensis – Comoro Islands
  