White-rumped Swift

Swifts have very short legs that they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. They never settle voluntarily on the ground, and spend most of their lives in the air, feeding on insects that they catch in their beaks. They drink on the wing.

The White-rumped Swift is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer) is a small swift. Although this bird is superficially similar to a house martin, it is completely unrelated to that passerine species. The resemblances between the swallows and swifts are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. Swifts have very short legs that they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. More

Aspects of the topic white-rumped swift are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * distribution (in swift (bird)) ...zonaris), soft-tailed and brownish black with a narrow white collar, is found from Mexico to Argentina and on larger Caribbean islands, nesting in caves and behind waterfalls. More

The White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygia) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Birds in Australia are now often treated as a separate species, Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas. More

White-rumped swifts breed in much of sub-Saharan Africa, and have expanded into Morocco and southern Spain. The populations in Spain, Morocco and the south of Africa are migratory, although their wintering grounds are not definitively known. Birds in tropical Africa are resident apart from seasonal movements. The White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer) is a small swift. Although this bird is superficially similar to a house martin, it is completely unrelated to that passerine species. More

The White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer), is a species of swift that is similar to a house martin, but is completely unrelated to that species. They are native to sub-Saharan Africa, and have expanded into Morocco and southern Spain. The wintering grounds of those that migrate is not well known. Only the tropical African populations are year-round residents. The White-rumped Swift is 5. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, White-rumped Swift is classed as Mega: species which have not yet occurred in the British Isles or are exceedingly rare, or are otherwise highly desirable. More

The White-rumped swift is widespread and common, occurring across sub-Saharan Africa. It often forages in mixed species flocks, usually over savanna, forest, grassland or shrubland, eating mainly termite alates. It usually steals the nests of other swifts and swallows, aggressively chasing the breeding pair away, before evicting any chicks or eggs present in the nest. The female actually lays multiple clutches of 1-5 eggs in one breeding season, waiting only a week after the chicks have fledged before laying another clutch. More

The White-rumped Swift is mostly blackish with a narrow white rump. As with other swifts, almost always seen in flight. The bill is very short and the gape wide - so as to make catching insects easy. The feet are very weak, only capably of clinging on the underside of objects. Swifts have long pointed wings, which are curved back in a continuous arc, seldom showing an "elbow" like swallows. More

picture of the White-rumped Swift on page 257. The White-rumped Swift belongs to the family of birds classified as apodidae. According to the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology the White-rumped Swift is also known by these other names: African White-rumped Swift, . The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. More

White-rumped Swift in Spain Photo of White-rumped Swift Population and distribution of White-rumped Swift in Spain News and information on White-rumped Swift in Spain English-Spanish-Catalan translation of White-rumped Swift * White-rumped Swift : vencejo cafre : falciot culblanc afric More

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English: Abyssinian White-rumped Swift, African White-rumped Swift, Angola White-rumped Swift, Caffer Swift, Whiterumped Swift, White-rumped Swift Spanish: Vencejo Cafre Estonian: Sirppiiritaja, sirppiiritaja (sirp-piirpääsuke) Basque: Falciot culblanc africà Finnish: Kafferikiitäjä French: Martinet à croupion blanc, Martinet caffre, Martinet cafre, Martinet de Cafrerie Galician: Cirrio cafre, Falciot culblanc africà Hebrew: סיס צר־שת Icelandic: Ljásvölungur Italian: Rondone cafro Japanese: afurikakoshijiroamatsubame Japanese: アフリカコシジロアマツバメ Kwangali: More