White-chested Swift vs Papuan Spinetail

Cypseloides lemosi 比較対象 Mearnsia novaeguineae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-chested Swift Papuan Spinetail
学名 Cypseloides lemosi Mearnsia novaeguineae
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 26.0 cm (10.2 in)
体重 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 34.0 g (1.20 oz)
食性 Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing. High-speed aerial insectivore catching small flying insects and aerial spiders during fast sustained flight.
一腹卵数 -- --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

White-chested Swift only

Papuan Spinetail only

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Song & Call Comparison

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

Papuan Spinetail

さえずり

Rapid buzzy twittering; sharp 'tsit-tsit-tsit' in low speedy flight; calls in tight flocks over New Guinea forest and rivers; wings produce audible whirring sound in fast flight

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Geographic Range & Migration

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.

Papuan Spinetail

Found in New Guinea from the northern coast to central ranges. Resident in lowland and hill forest along rivers and forest edge up to 1,500 m.

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保全状況

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Least Concern

Papuan Spinetail

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How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Papuan Spinetail

羽毛

Dark blackish-brown upperparts; paler brownish-grey underparts; pale chin; short spiny tail with projecting shaft tips; New Guinea species; larger than Philippine Spinetail with broader wings relative to body; robust spinetail …

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About These Birds

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。

Papuan Spinetail

ニューギニア島の森林に生息するニューギニアアナツバメ。体長13〜14cm。黒色で光沢があり、腰部が白い。低地から山地の森林上空を飛翔し、昆虫を捕食する空中採食者。崖や洞窟に集団で巣を作る。低危険種。

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