Swift, White-rumped

Apus caffer

Ringed: 4060 | Retrapped: 198 | Recovered: 27

AFRING

Annual ringing activity

Biometrics

Distribution of ringing records

Ringing records Retraps and resightings Ring recovery records
  ABAP distribution 0% 100%

Top 10 ringers

126 Mr LJ Bunning 1021
213 Mr RK Schmidt 353
1278 Ms K Dixon 312
1340 C Williams 88
1030 Mr P Dearlove 75
162 Mr J Raijmakers 71
460 Dr RA Earle 63
269 MR G Scholtz 59
110 Vulture News (exchange) 57
140 Mr JH Raijmakers 53

Top 10 retrappers

162 Mr J Raijmakers 37
0 Member of the public 31
39 Mr R Geyser 14
43 Dr R Thomson 9
1096 Mr M Wilson 9
126 Mr LJ Bunning 7
32 Dr HD Oschadleus 7
140 Mr JH Raijmakers 7
180 Mr H Bantjes 6
1114 C de Kock 5

10 Latest ringing records

safring FC08427 2025-11-05 2540S2812E
SAFRING E64906 2025-09-21 3330S2141E
SAFRING E64905 2025-09-20 3330S2141E
SAFRING E13208 2025-03-09 2548S2809E
SAFRING E13207 2025-03-09 2548S2809E
SAFRING E13205 2025-03-09 2548S2809E
SAFRING E13206 2025-03-09 2548S2809E
SAFRING E64810 2025-03-03 2633S2535E
SAFRING E27625 2025-02-22 3352S1835E
SAFRING E27626 2025-02-22 3352S1835E

10 Latest retraps/recoveries

SAFRING E50510 2023-09-24 2024-01-26 2 0y 4m 4d
SAFRING E51224 2019-12-26 2022-10-23 2 2y 9m 12d
SAFRING E51230 2020-11-08 2022-10-23 2 1y 11m 24d
SAFRING E49721 2019-11-20 2021-11-17 2 1y 11m 8d
SAFRING E49725 2021-02-18 2021-11-17 2 0y 8m 2d
SAFRING Y19257 2021-02-27 2021-03-22 2 0y 0m 23d
SAFRING Y19258 2021-02-27 2021-03-22 2 0y 0m 23d
SAFRING Y21715 2021-02-27 2021-02-28 2 0y 0m 1d
SAFRING Y21712 2021-02-26 2021-02-26 2 0y 0m 0d
SAFRING Y11831 2018-10-17 2020-09-23 2 1y 11m 17d

10 Greatest longevity retraps

Note: recovery (X) records are not included in this list as we are not always sure of the actual date of death.

SAFRING E07726 1984-12-02 1992-12-22 2 8y 0m 2d
SAFRING E05618 1978-10-23 1985-12-17 2 7y 1m 2d
SAFRING E04228 1977-11-05 1984-11-04 2 6y 11m 6d
SAFRING E04251 1979-02-04 1984-11-18 2 5y 9m 14d
SAFRING 50202314 1952-02-03 1957-11-15 2 5y 9m 12d
SAFRING E04413 2002-12-09 2008-05-07 2 5y 4m 26d
SAFRING E51152 2012-09-23 2018-01-14 2 5y 3m 19d
SAFRING E30157 2000-12-05 2006-02-18 2 5y 2m 11d
SAFRING E27965 1999-10-27 2005-01-05 2 5y 2m 7d
SAFRING E06493 1983-10-10 1988-12-10 2 5y 2m 28d

Long distance records

Scheme Ring # Duration Distance (Km)
SAFRING E14292 0y 0m 5d 206
SAFRING E14291 0y 0m 2d 206
SAFRING E14293 0y 0m 4d 206
SAFRING E14290 0y 0m 2d 206
SAFRING E08674 0y 0m 19d 99
SAFRING 231269 2y 10m 22d 49
SAFRING Y21712 0y 0m 0d 37
SAFRING E07726 8y 0m 2d 35
SAFRING E33079 0y 0m 19d 33
SAFRING 54100436 2y 4m 29d 28