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White-rumped Swift
Witkruiswindswael · Apus caffer
A slender black swift with a deeply forked tail and a thin white rump band, separating it from the stubby Little Swift. It frequently moves into and adapts the abandoned mud nests of swallows under bridges. A summer migrant, it leaves Kruger for the tropics in winter.
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Slim, with a deeply forked tail and only a narrow white rump crescent, unlike Little Swift's broad square rump.
Where to see it in Kruger
Over woodland and around bridges and cliffs in summer.
Did you know
It often takes over old swallow nests instead of building its own.
Often confused with
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