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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.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Near Threatened

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

Sources:

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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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

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

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