The Little Swift catches food in the air. In southern Africa it also nests in colonies on bridges and buildings.
This small swift has conspicuous white patches on the rump and throat.
In southern African records it forages over open grassland and the Karoo, and nests in colonies under dry overhangs. It now often nests on bridges, water towers, silos, and buildings.
In southern Africa, both sexes build an enclosed bowl nest from grass and feathers bound with saliva.
In southern Africa it lays one to three eggs, incubated by both sexes for 20–26 days.
It catches flying termites, dragonflies, grasshoppers and mantids in the air, sometimes descending to take prey fleeing a bushfire.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.