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 | Kaffergierzwaluw |
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 |
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
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White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Scientific name definitions
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 21, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 21, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whrswi1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- June 21, 2013
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2013). White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.