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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Apodiformes > Family: Apodidae > Genus: Apus > Species: Apus caffer

White-rumped Swift - Apus caffer (Lichtenstein, 1823)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Near Threatened (IUCN)
EU Population status
Near Threatened
Protected by EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites 31 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats
  • sparsely vegetated land
  • urban
Natura 2000 species code A424

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered
Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive
Secure
Near Threatened, declining or depleted
Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)
Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode Country Site name Action
ES0000014 Spain Monfragüe y las Dehesas del Entorno Map
ES0000031 Spain Sierra de Grazalema Map
ES0000049 Spain Los Alcornocales Map
ES0000050 Spain Sierra de Hornachuelos Map
ES0000052 Spain Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador Map
ES0000053 Spain Sierra Norte de Sevilla Map
ES0000072 Spain Sierra Grande de Hornachos Map
ES0000090 Spain Sierra Morena Map
ES0000197 Spain Acantilados del Monte Hacho Map
ES0000334 Spain Sierras Centrales y Embalse de Alange Map
ES0000337 Spain Estrecho Map
ES0000367 Spain La Serena y Sierras Periféricas Map
ES0000407 Spain Nacimiento del Río Gevora Map
ES0000434 Spain Canchos de Ramiro y Ladronera Map
ES4320039 Spain Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque Map
ES6120008 Spain La Breña y Marismas del Barbate Map
ES6150007 Spain Peñas de Aroche Map
ES6310002 Spain Zona marítimo-terrestre del Monte Hacho Map
ES6140014 Spain Acantilados y Fondos Marinos de Calahonda-Castell de Ferro Map
ES4320077 Spain Monfragüe Map
ES6170010 Spain Sierras Bermeja y Real Map
ES6170016 Spain Valle del Río del Genal Map
ES6150021 Spain Corredor Ecológico del Río Tinto Map
ES4310045 Spain Valdecigüeñas Map
ES6170011 Spain Sierra Blanca Map
ES6140016 Spain Acantilados y Fondos Marinos de La Punta de La Mona Map
ES6160008 Spain Cuencas del Rumblar, Guadalén y Guadalmena Map
ES6130006 Spain Guadalmellato Map
ES6180005 Spain Corredor Ecológico del Río Guadiamar Map
ES4250005 Spain Montes de Toledo Map
ES4320001 Spain Canchos de Ramiro Map

Protected sites

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Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Andorinhão-cafre Portuguese Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kaffer sarlósfecske Hungarian Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kaffergierzwaluw Dutch Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kafferikiitäjä Finnish Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kaffernsegler German Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kafferseglare Swedish Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kaffersejler Danish EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Martinet cafre French Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rondone cafro Italian Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rorýs kaferský Czech Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Vencejo Cafre Spanish Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
White-rumped Swift English Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:07990 European bird-ringing
EoL Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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