White-rumped Swift
Apus caffer(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) White-rumped Swift
The White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: southern Iberian Peninsula, central Morocco, and sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Apus caffer
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-rumped Swift
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cypselus Caffer
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Kaffirland and Nubia, i.e. eastern Cape Province.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.58
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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