White-fronted Swift vs Alpine Swift

Cypseloides storeri 比較対象 Tachymarptis melba

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-fronted Swift Alpine Swift
学名 Cypseloides storeri Tachymarptis melba
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Data Deficient Least Concern
体長
翼開長 27.4 cm (10.8 in) 43.9 cm (17.3 in)
体重 39.25 g (1.38 oz) 97.5 g (3.44 oz)
食性 Obligate aerial insectivore; takes small flies, beetles, and aerial spiders in swooping fast-flight passes. Aerial insectivore taking small flying insects and spiders; may forage at great heights following thermal …
一腹卵数 -- 1-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

White-fronted Swift only

Alpine Swift only

None

Song & Call Comparison

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

Alpine Swift

さえずり

Rapid series of short, clipped whistles; bright, clean notes delivered in quick succession with occasional doubled phrase.

Geographic Range & Migration

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.

Alpine Swift

Breeds from southern Europe and North Africa east through Central Asia and the Himalayas to India. Migratory; winters in sub-Saharan Africa.

保全状況

Data Deficient

White-fronted Swift

Least Concern

Alpine Swift

How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Alpine Swift

羽毛

Large; dark brown upperparts; white throat patch separated from white belly by dark brown breast band; brown flanks; bold tricoloured underpart pattern; one of Europe's largest swifts with distinctive white …

About These Birds

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。

Alpine Swift

アルプスアマツバメはヨーロッパの山岳地帯と岩壁に繁殖し、白い腹と大きな体が特徴的な長距離渡り鳥である。

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