Swift, White-rumped
Roberts No: 415Breeding summer visitor. Slim black swift, pale face, white throat and narrow white band over upper rump and with deeply forked tail. Circles over Leisure Isle in summer often mixing with Greater Striped Swallows. Drinks on the wing. Sometimes takes over swallows’ nests.
Family Name:
Apus caffer
Common Name:
Swift, White-rumped
Size:
14 to 15 cm
Status:
Intra-African migrant
Food:
airborne insects, bugs, termites, bees, flying ants, flies, mosquitoes.
Swift, White-rumped
Family Name: Apus cafferCommon Name: Swift, White-rumped
Roberts No: 415
14 to 15 cm Intra-African migrant airborne insects, bugs, termites, bees, flying ants, flies, mosquitoes.
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