White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Monotypic
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 21, 2013
Text last updated June 21, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witkruiswindswael |
| Asturian | Andarñn cafre |
| Basque | Sorbeltz ipurzuria |
| Bulgarian | Белокръст бързолет |
| Catalan | falciot cuablanc africà |
| Croatian | oštrorepa čiopa |
| Czech | rorýs kaferský |
| Danish | Kaffersejler |
| Dutch | Pijlstaartgierzwaluw |
| English | White-rumped Swift |
| English (United States) | White-rumped Swift |
| Finnish | kafferikiitäjä |
| French | Martinet cafre |
| French (France) | Martinet cafre |
| Galician | Cirrio cafre |
| German | Weißbürzelsegler |
| Greek | Λευκόπυγη Σταχτάρα |
| Hebrew | סיס צר-שת |
| Hungarian | Kaffer sarlósfecske |
| Icelandic | Ljásvölungur |
| Italian | Rondone cafro |
| Japanese | アフリカコシジロアマツバメ |
| Lithuanian | Baltasturplis čiurlys |
| Norwegian | hvitgumpseiler |
| Polish | jerzyk widłosterny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Andorinhão-cafre |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-cafre |
| Romanian | Drepnea cu târtiță albă |
| Russian | Кафрский стриж |
| Serbian | Beloleđa čiopa |
| Slovak | dážďovník lastovičí |
| Slovenian | Giblartarski hudournik |
| Spanish | Vencejo Cafre |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo cafre |
| Swedish | vitgumpseglare |
| Turkish | Ak Sokumlu Ebabil |
| Ukrainian | Серпокрилець білогузий |
| Zulu | unonqane |
Apus caffer (Lichtenstein, 1823)
PROTONYM:
Cypselus Caffer
Lichtenstein, 1823. 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.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kaffirland and Nubia, i.e. eastern Cape Province.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- APUS
- apus
- cafer / caffer / caffra
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-rumped Swift
