Great Dusky Swift vs White-fronted Swift

Cypseloides senex 比較対象 Cypseloides storeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Great Dusky Swift White-fronted Swift
学名 Cypseloides senex Cypseloides storeri
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Data Deficient
体長
翼開長 33.8 cm (13.3 in) 27.4 cm (10.8 in)
体重 83.0 g (2.93 oz) 39.25 g (1.38 oz)
食性 Feeds on aerial plankton of tiny insects and spiders; entire diet captured during non-stop aerial … Obligate aerial insectivore; takes small flies, beetles, and aerial spiders in swooping fast-flight passes.
一腹卵数 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Great Dusky Swift only

None

White-fronted Swift only

None

Song & Call Comparison

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

White-fronted Swift

さえずり

Poorly known vocalizations; thin twittering presumed; calls over Mexican montane waterfalls; high-pitched soft chip notes; very rarely documented; data-deficient species

Geographic Range & Migration

Great Dusky Swift

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

White-fronted Swift

Endemic to western Mexico from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Resident in forested highlands near canyon streams at 1,000–2,500 m. Poorly known.

保全状況

Least Concern

Great Dusky Swift

Data Deficient

White-fronted Swift

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

White-fronted Swift

羽毛

Blackish-brown throughout with a prominent white frontal patch on forehead and lores; no other pale markings; slightly paler brownish below; poorly known Mexican endemic known from very few specimens.

About These Birds

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。

White-fronted Swift

ストアラーアマツバメはメキシコ西部の山岳地帯に生息し、限定的な分布域を持つ希少なアマツバメである。

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