White-chested Swift vs Great Swallow-tailed Swift

Cypseloides lemosi 比較対象 Panyptila sanctihieronymi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-chested Swift Great Swallow-tailed Swift
学名 Cypseloides lemosi Panyptila sanctihieronymi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 36.8 cm (14.5 in)
体重 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 48.416666666666664 g (1.71 oz)
食性 Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing. Catches aerial plankton — tiny midges, gnats, and ballooning spiders — continuously during soaring flight.
一腹卵数 -- 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

White-chested Swift only

Great Swallow-tailed Swift 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

Great Swallow-tailed Swift

さえずり

Soft, rippling trill with liquid overtones; easy flowing sequence of mellow notes carrying pleasantly across open sky.

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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.

Great Swallow-tailed Swift

Found from southern Mexico through Guatemala, Honduras, to Costa Rica. Resident in humid highland forest at 600–2,000 m elevation.

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保全状況

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Least Concern

Great Swallow-tailed Swift

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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 …

Great Swallow-tailed Swift

羽毛

Black upperparts with white throat and white flanks; bold white rump patch; extremely long deeply forked tail with white outer feather edges; Central American species with the most spectacular forked …

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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。

Great Swallow-tailed Swift

A large swift (18-20 cm) with an extremely long, deeply forked tail. Dark plumage with a white throat and collar. Found in highland forests from southern Mexico to Honduras. Aerial insectivore, foraging over mountain canyons and pine-oak forests. Uncommon and rarely observed.

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