Editing White-rumped swift (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Distinguish|White-rumped swiftlet}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = White-rumped swift
| image = White-rumped swift, Apus caffer, at Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (23057155930), crop.jpg
| image2 = White-rumped swift, Apus caffer, at Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (30213098810), crop.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Apus caffer'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22686882A131921201 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22686882A131921201.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Apus caffer
| authority = ([[Martin Lichtenstein|Lichtenstein, MHC]], 1823)
}}

The '''white-rumped swift''' ('''''Apus caffer''''') is a species of [[Swift (bird)|swift]]. Although this small [[bird]] is superficially similar to a [[Common house martin|house martin]], it is not closely related to that [[passerine]] species. The resemblances between the [[Hirundinidae|swallows]] and swifts are due to [[convergent evolution]] reflecting similar life styles.