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Dark-rumped swift

Apus acuticauda (Jerdon, 1864)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 39.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
Photo: Viz hal · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dark-rumped swift

Weight
39.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dark-rumped swift live?

Not recorded

What is the dark-rumped swift?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is found in Bhutan and Northeast India and is a vagrant to Thailand.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Dark-rumped swift” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dark-rumped_swift&oldid=1353714337), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the dark-rumped swift endangered?

The dark-rumped swift is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the dark-rumped swift classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusApus
  7. SpeciesApus acuticauda (Jerdon, 1864)

Synonyms Apus acuticauda acuticauda, Cypselus acuticauda

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • سمامة قاتمة الردفArabic
  • falciot d'AssamCatalan
  • rorýs temnýCzech
  • rorýs ásámskýCzech
  • coblyn cefndywyllWelsh
  • Mørkgumpet SejlerDanish
  • GlanzrückenseglerGerman
  • malhelpuga apodoEsperanto
  • Vencejo de los KhasiSpanish
  • kirdeindia piiritaja (kirdeindia piirpääsuke)Estonian
  • nepalinkiitäjäFinnish
  • Martinet d'AssamFrench
  • Martinet d’AssamFrench
  • asamska čiopaCroatian
  • fényeshátú sarlósfecskeHungarian
  • Rondone groppascuraItalian
  • セグロアマツバメJapanese
  • tamsiasturplis čiurlysLithuanian
  • ZwartruggierzwaluwDutch
  • khasiseilerNorwegian
  • jerzyk ostrosternyPolish
  • andorinhão-de-assãoPortuguese
  • andorinhão-de-dorso-escuroPortuguese
  • Блестящий стрижRussian
  • dážďovník tmavochrbtýSlovak
  • Butanska čiopaSerbian
  • khasiseglareSwedish
  • mörkryggig seglareSwedish
  • นกแอ่นท้องลายThai
  • Benekli EbabilTurkish
  • серпокрилець гімалайськийUkrainian
  • 暗背雨燕Chinese
  • 暗腰雨燕Chinese

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Relatives of the dark-rumped swift

Other species in the same genus Apus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dark-rumped swift?

An adult dark-rumped swift weighs 39.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the dark-rumped swift endangered?

The dark-rumped swift is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the dark-rumped swift?

The dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-rumped-swift

MLA

“Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-rumped-swift.

BibTeX
@misc{dark_rumped_swift_2026,
  title = {Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-rumped-swift},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}