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White-rumped Swift

Apus caffer

Least Concern

Envergadura

29,0 cm

Peso

23,0 g

Familia

Apodidae

Orden

Caprimulgiformes

Acerca de

A small swift (14 cm) found across sub-Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. Dark plumage with a white rump and throat patch. Aerial insectivore. Famously uses the mud nests of other swallows and martins, adding its own feather and saliva lining. A brood parasite of nest architecture.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	29,0 cm	11.4 in
Peso	23,0 g	0.81 oz

Identificación

Plumaje

Dark sooty-brown; narrow elongated white rump patch; white throat; underparts dark; forked tail; African species; narrower and more elongated white rump than Little Swift; deeply forked tail unlike the square tail of Little Swift.

Habitat & Range

🌲 Bosque

Distribución geográfica

Breeds in southern Europe and North Africa east to Central Asia. Migratory; winters in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal south to South Africa.

Diet & Feeding

Aerial insectivore taking small flying insects and spiders; may forage at great heights following thermal columns.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamiento y reproducción

Nidificación

Nest type: HC,O. Incubation: 21-22 days. Fledging: 42-46 days.

Tamaño de la puesta

1-3

Sonido

Canto

Deep, guttural churring with resonant buzzing quality; prolonged low-frequency trill vibrating persistently through dense foliage.

Taxonomía

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Orden	Caprimulgiformes (Chotacabras y Vencejos)
Familia	Apodidae (Vencejos)
Genus	Apus
Especies	Apus caffer

Distribution

White-rumped Swift has been recorded in 3 countries.

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Presente Not recorded