White-chested Swift vs Sabine's Spinetail

Cypseloides lemosi 比較対象 Rhaphidura sabini

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-chested Swift Sabine's Spinetail
学名 Cypseloides lemosi Rhaphidura sabini
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 24.7 cm (9.7 in)
体重 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 17.75 g (0.63 oz)
食性 Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing. Aerial insectivore feeding on tiny flies, beetles, and ballooning spiders in rapid powerful aerial pursuit.
一腹卵数 -- 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

White-chested Swift only

None

Sabine's Spinetail only

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

Sabine's Spinetail

さえずり

Faint, needle-thin whistle tapering at the end; soft twittering interspersed with clicking flight notes, barely audible.

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.

Sabine's Spinetail

Found in West and Central Africa from Sierra Leone east to the DRC and Uganda. Resident in lowland rainforest and forest edge.

保全状況

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Least Concern

Sabine's Spinetail

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 …

Sabine's Spinetail

羽毛

Small; dark blackish-brown upperparts; white rump patch; underparts pale grey-white; short spiny tail; West African rainforest species; closely resembles Silver-rumped Spinetail but purer white rump with less silvery sheen.

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。

Sabine's Spinetail

A small spinetail swift (11-12 cm) of lowland forests across West and Central Africa. Dark plumage with a white rump patch. Spine-tipped tail. Aerial insectivore, often seen foraging over forest canopy in mixed-species swift flocks. Nests in hollow trees.

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