The little swift (Apus affinis), is a small species of swift found in Africa and southwestern Asia, and are vagrants and local breeders in southern Europe. Found both in urban areas and at rocky cliffs where they build nests its wingspan is only 33 cm compared to 42 cm in the case of common swift. Plumage is black except for a white throat and rump, the white rump patch extending onto the flanks. Little swifts spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks. They drink on the wing, but roost on vertical cliffs or walls. They never settle voluntarily on the ground.
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