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- White-rumped_Swift abstract "The White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer) is a small swift. Although this bird is superficially similar to a House Martin, it is not closely related 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. 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.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.This species appropriates the nests of little swifts and those swallows which build retort-shaped nests. In Europe and north Africa, this usually means the Red-rumped Swallow, but south of the Sahara other species like Wire-tailed Swallow are also parasitised. The original owners of the nests are driven away, or the white-rumps settle in the nest and refuse to move. Once occupied, the nest is lined with feathers and saliva, and one or two eggs are laid.The habitat of this species is dictated by that of its hosts, and is therefore normally man-made structures such as bridges and buildings.This 14-15.5 cm long species has, like its relatives, a short forked tail and long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. It is entirely dark except for a pale throat patch and a narrow white rump. It is similar to the closely related Little Swift, but is slimmer, darker and has a more forked tail and a narrower white rump.This is a quiet species compared to Little Swift, but a twittering trill is sometimes given.".
- White-rumped_Swift binomialAuthority Martin_Lichtenstein.
- White-rumped_Swift class Bird.
- White-rumped_Swift conservationStatus "LC".
- White-rumped_Swift conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- White-rumped_Swift family Swift.
- White-rumped_Swift genus Apus_(genus).
- White-rumped_Swift kingdom Animal.
- White-rumped_Swift order Apodiformes.
- White-rumped_Swift phylum Chordate.
- White-rumped_Swift thumbnail White-rumped_Swift.jpg?width=300.
- White-rumped_Swift wikiPageID "1024270".
- White-rumped_Swift wikiPageRevisionID "588894032".
- White-rumped_Swift binomial "Apus caffer".
- White-rumped_Swift classis Bird.
- White-rumped_Swift familia Swift.
- White-rumped_Swift genus "Apus".
- White-rumped_Swift hasPhotoCollection White-rumped_Swift.
- White-rumped_Swift imageWidth "240".
- White-rumped_Swift name "White-rumped Swift".
- White-rumped_Swift ordo Apodiformes.
- White-rumped_Swift phylum Chordate.
- White-rumped_Swift regnum "Animalia".
- White-rumped_Swift species "A. caffer".
- White-rumped_Swift status "LC".
- White-rumped_Swift statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- White-rumped_Swift subject Category:Apus_(genus).
- White-rumped_Swift subject Category:Birds_of_Cameroon.
- White-rumped_Swift type Animal.
- White-rumped_Swift type Bird.
- White-rumped_Swift type Eukaryote.
- White-rumped_Swift type Species.
- White-rumped_Swift type Animal.
- White-rumped_Swift type BiologicalLivingObject.
- White-rumped_Swift type Bird.
- White-rumped_Swift type EukaryoticCell.
- White-rumped_Swift type Organism.
- White-rumped_Swift comment "The White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer) is a small swift. Although this bird is superficially similar to a House Martin, it is not closely related 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.".
- White-rumped_Swift label "White-rumped Swift".
- White-rumped_Swift sameAs 889.
- White-rumped_Swift sameAs m.03_7l2.
- White-rumped_Swift wasDerivedFrom White-rumped_Swift?oldid=588894032.
- White-rumped_Swift depiction White-rumped_Swift.jpg.
- White-rumped_Swift isPrimaryTopicOf White-rumped_Swift.
- White-rumped_Swift name "White-rumped Swift".
