This species is aerial during the day, when it is found over a variety of habitats, including over ponds, sewage lagoons, irrigated cropfields, along busy roads, over coastal saltflats with scattered saltbush, over the sea and over coastal stacks (Jennings 2010). There is no information available about its diet in the UAE; elsewhere it takes flies, mosquitoes, ants and bees (Jennings 2010). Records of adults entering nest crevices suggest that the main breeding period lasts from February to July. Nest have not been described for the UAE, but elsewhere they consist of grass, feathers and debris, which are glued together with saliva (Jennings 2010). The preferred nesting sites include natural rock crevices, but also man-made sites like buildings and towers (Jennings 2010, Aspinall and Porter 2011). Clutches may contain two to three eggs (Jennings 2010). The species is migratory; immediately after breeding in the UAE or other parts in the Middle East, it returns to the wintering grounds in west and central Africa.