Species in HK

小白腰雨燕 House Swift

小白腰雨燕
House Swift
Apus nipalensis

無危。春季過境遷徙鳥,留鳥。小型雨燕。全身黑色,但腰部白色,喉部偏白。愛成群飛行,飛行時像小型的船錨,尾張開時呈方形微凹,不斷「茲茲」鳴叫。在屋簷下築巢繁殖,香港中文大學圖書館有全港最大的繁殖群落。

Least Concern. Spring Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor. Small swift. Black overall except white rump and whitish throat. Often fly in twittering flocks. In flight, looks like a small anchor, and tail square and slightly notched when spread. Call a continuously “si-si-”. Nests built under eaves. The largest breeding colony in Hong Kong is at the Main Library of Chinese University of Hong Kong.