Species profile
White-rumped Swift
Apus caffer
Quick answer
LITERATURE. — Green & Sayer (1979); Holyoak & Seddon (1989); Dowsett (1993); Balanca & de Visscher (1997); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Portier (2002 c); Portier et al. (2002); Balanca et al. (2007); Sinclair & Ryan (2010); Pavia et al. (2012); Dowsett et al. (2013); ABC (2020).
- Scientific name
- Apus caffer
- Family
- Apodidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Apus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording White-rumped Swift in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.