White-rumped Swift vs Great Dusky Swift

Apus caffer 比較対象 Cypseloides senex

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-rumped Swift Great Dusky Swift
学名 Apus caffer Cypseloides senex
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 29.0 cm (11.4 in) 33.8 cm (13.3 in)
体重 23.0 g (0.81 oz) 83.0 g (2.93 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore taking small flying insects and spiders; may forage at great heights following thermal … Feeds on aerial plankton of tiny insects and spiders; entire diet captured during non-stop aerial …
一腹卵数 1-3 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

White-rumped Swift only

None

Great Dusky Swift only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

White-rumped Swift

さえずり

Deep, guttural churring with resonant buzzing quality; prolonged low-frequency trill vibrating persistently through dense foliage.

Great Dusky Swift

さえずり

Loud, churring trill; harsher and louder than other Cypseloides; calls over Iguacu Falls and major Neotropical waterfalls; buzzy 'bzzzt-bzzzt' in aerial groups

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Geographic Range & Migration

White-rumped Swift

Breeds in southern Europe and North Africa east to Central Asia. Migratory; winters in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal south to South Africa.

Great Dusky Swift

Found in eastern South America from Venezuela and the Guianas south to Bolivia and Paraguay. Resident near rocky cliffs and waterfalls.

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保全状況

Least Concern

White-rumped Swift

Least Concern

Great Dusky Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

White-rumped Swift

羽毛

Dark sooty-brown; narrow elongated white rump patch; white throat; underparts dark; forked tail; African species; narrower and more elongated white rump than Little Swift; deeply forked tail unlike the square …

Great Dusky Swift

羽毛

Very large; entirely dark sooty-brown with pale grey forehead and chin scaling; slightly paler underparts; broad wings; largest Cypseloides swift; South American waterfall specialist with dusky uniform plumage and imposing …

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About These Birds

White-rumped Swift

ハクランアマツバメはサハラ以南のアフリカに広く分布し、白い腰が特徴的な中型のアマツバメである。

Great Dusky Swift

グレートダスキースウィフトはブラジルとアルゼンチンに分布し、大きな滝の周辺で繁殖するアマツバメである。

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