Costa Rican Swift vs White-chested Swift

Chaetura fumosa 比較対象 Cypseloides lemosi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Costa Rican Swift White-chested Swift
学名 Chaetura fumosa Cypseloides lemosi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 21.2 cm (8.3 in) 30.0 cm (11.8 in)
体重 18.2 g (0.64 oz) 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz)
食性 Entirely airborne feeder on tiny flies, gnats, and airborne arachnids; one of the most aerial … Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing.
一腹卵数 -- --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Costa Rican Swift only

None

White-chested Swift only

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Song & Call Comparison

Costa Rican Swift

さえずり

Thin, insect-like buzz alternating with soft clicks; delicate high trill delivered during swift wheeling flight over valleys.

White-chested Swift

さえずり

High, thin twittering; soft 'tsit' calls in flight; calls over Colombian waterfalls; very poorly known; thin, reedy contact notes; one of most rarely documented swifts

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Geographic Range & Migration

Costa Rican Swift

Found along the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and Panama. Resident in lowland and foothill forest and forest edge below 1,000 m.

White-chested Swift

Known from Colombia and adjacent Ecuador. One of the world's rarest swifts; recorded at waterfalls in humid forest foothills at 500–1,200 m.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Costa Rican Swift

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

Costa Rican Swift

羽毛

Small; uniformly dark sooty-brown with rump barely paler than dark back; underparts dark grey-brown; short spiny tail; Central American Pacific slope species; exceptionally dark and uniform compared to most Chaetura …

White-chested Swift

羽毛

Black upperparts and wings; distinctive large white chest patch contrasting sharply with black throat and belly; white confined to central breast; Colombian endemic with unique bold bicoloured plumage unlike any …

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About These Birds

Costa Rican Swift

コスタリカ太平洋斜面とパナマ西部固有の小型アマツバメ(11 cm)。淡い灰色の腰帯を持つ暗い羽衣。棘状の尾。湿潤林の林冠上を飛翔する空中昆虫食性。詳細不明。

White-chested Swift

コロンビアアマツバメはコロンビア南部に限定的に生息する希少なアマツバメである。

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