Costa Rican Swift vs White-collared Swift

Chaetura fumosa 比較対象 Streptoprocne zonaris

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Costa Rican Swift White-collared Swift
学名 Chaetura fumosa Streptoprocne zonaris
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 21.2 cm (8.3 in) 42.5 cm (16.7 in)
体重 18.2 g (0.64 oz) 106.45 g (3.75 oz)
食性 Entirely airborne feeder on tiny flies, gnats, and airborne arachnids; one of the most aerial … Obligate aerial insectivore; gathers small flying insects, winged ants, and airborne spiders during flight.
一腹卵数 -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Costa Rican Swift only

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White-collared 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-collared Swift

さえずり

Loud, screaming 'shreee-shreee'; powerful screeching trill; calls from large flocks over mountains; very audible; one of the loudest Neotropical swifts; alarm a harsh rattle

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-collared Swift

Found from Mexico south through Central America to South America east of the Andes, reaching Bolivia and southern Brazil. Often in large flocks.

保全状況

Least Concern

Costa Rican Swift

Least Concern

White-collared Swift

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-collared Swift

羽毛

Large; glossy blue-black plumage with bold broad white collar encircling entire neck; collar clean and complete; underparts black; large slightly forked tail; among the most recognisable Neotropical swifts due to …

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-collared Swift

ホワイトカラードスウィフトはラテンアメリカ全域の山岳地帯に広く分布し、白い首輪が特徴的な大型のアマツバメである。

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