Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Witkruiswindswael
Common Names in Dutch:
Kaffergierzwaluw
Common Names in English:
African White-rumped Swift, White-rumped Swift, Whiterumped Swift
Common Names in Finnish:
kafferikiitäjä
Common Names in French:
Martinet cafre
Common Names in German:
Kaffernsegler
Common Names in Italian:
Rondone cafro
Common Names in Japanese:
アフリカコシジロアマツバメ
Common Names in Russian:
Стриж с белым надхвостьем
Common Names in Spanish:
Vencejo cafre
Common Names in Swedish:
Kafferseglare
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,657 meters (0 to 11,998 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Apodiformes
()
- Peters, 1940
- Order:
Apodiformes
(
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Apus caffer (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 06-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Apus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. acuticauda (Dark-Backed Swift) · A. aequatorialis (Mottled Swift) · A. affinis (Little Swift) · A. affinis affinis (Little Swift) · A. alexandri (Alexander's Swift) · A. apus (Eurasian Swift) · A. apus apus (Common Swift) · A. apus marwitzi (Common Swift) · A. balstoni (Malagasy Black Swift) · A. barbatus (African Black Swift) · A. barbatus barbatus (African Black Swift) · A. batesi (Bates' Black Swift) · A. berliozi (Forbes Watson's Swift) · A. bradfieldi (Bradfield's Swift) · A. bradfieldi bradfieldi (Bradfield's Swift) · A. caffer (African White-Rumped Swift) · A. horus (Loanda Swift) · A. melba (Alpine Swift) · A. melba melba (Alpine Swift) · A. niansae (Nyanza Swift) · A. nipalensis (House Swift) · A. nipalensis nipalensis (House Swift) · A. pacificus (White-Rumped Swift) · A. pacificus pacificus (Fork-Tailed Swift) · A. pallidus (Pale Brown Swift) · A. pallidus pallidus (Pallid Swift) · A. sladeniae (Fernando Po Swift) · A. toulsoni (Loanda Swift) · A. unicolor (Plain-Coloured Swift)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 260.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url fig. 34.
- Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 323.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1012, p. 257.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 25.
- Parental care and its evolution in birds. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1952. url p. 221.
- Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress. [Canberra, etc.]: Australian Academy of Science [etc.] url p. 244.
- South African journal of natural history. Pretoria, South African Biological Society. url p. 187, p. 230.
- The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 41, p. 5, p. 5, p. 53.
- The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 689.
- The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark. .. London, R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url p. 26.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2009. Apus caffer. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 29, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10400
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-555018
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555018
- IUCN ID: 192255
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131857
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,158.230 meters (3,799.967 feet), Standard Deviation = 480.680 based on 16,902 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
