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Sooty Swift

Cypseloides fumigatus

Least Concern

翼開長

29.0 cm

体重

41.666666666666664 g

科

Apodidae

目

Caprimulgiformes

について

ソーティースウィフトは南アメリカの熱帯地域に生息し、煤けたような暗色の羽毛を持つアマツバメである。

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
翼開長	29.0 cm	11.4 in
体重	41.666666666666664 g	1.47 oz

識別

羽毛

Uniformly dark sooty-brown plumage throughout; no contrasting pale markings anywhere; slightly paler brownish-grey on throat; large and uniform; South American species whose entirely dark coloration recalls blackish swiftlets but much larger.

Habitat & Range

🌲 Forest 🌿 Wetland

分布域

Found in the Guiana Shield and Amazon Basin in Brazil, Venezuela, and the Guianas. Nomadic; associated with rocky outcrops and waterfalls.

Diet & Feeding

Catches aerial plankton — tiny midges, gnats, and ballooning spiders — continuously during soaring flight.

保全状況

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

行動と繁殖

一腹卵数

鳴き声

さえずり

Soft twittering 'tsit-tsit'; thin, buzzy notes in flight; calls over Neotropical waterfalls and gorges; quiet, raspy trill; rarely as vocal as larger swift species

分類学

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
目	Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars & Swifts)
科	Apodidae (Swifts)
Genus	Cypseloides
種	Cypseloides fumigatus

Distribution

Sooty Swift has been recorded in 1 countries.

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生息あり Not recorded

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🇳🇴 Norway

External Databases

よくある質問

What does the Sooty Swift eat?

Catches aerial plankton — tiny midges, gnats, and ballooning spiders — continuously during soaring flight.

Where does the Sooty Swift live?

Found in the Guiana Shield and Amazon Basin in Brazil, Venezuela, and the Guianas. Nomadic; associated with rocky outcrops and waterfalls.

Is the Sooty Swift endangered?

The Sooty Swift has a conservation status of Least Concern.

What does the Sooty Swift sound like?

Soft twittering 'tsit-tsit'; thin, buzzy notes in flight; calls over Neotropical waterfalls and gorges; quiet, raspy trill; rarely as vocal as larger swift species

How big is the Sooty Swift?

The Sooty Swift has a wingspan of 29.0 cm, weight of 41.666666666666664 g.

What order and family does the Sooty Swift belong to?

The Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) belongs to the order Caprimulgiformes and the family Apodidae.