White-chested Swift vs Mottled Swift

Cypseloides lemosi 比較対象 Tachymarptis aequatorialis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 White-chested Swift Mottled Swift
学名 Cypseloides lemosi Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 41.5 cm (16.3 in)
体重 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 94.0 g (3.32 oz)
食性 Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing. Entirely airborne feeder on tiny flies, gnats, and airborne arachnids; one of the most aerial …
一腹卵数 -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

White-chested Swift only

Mottled Swift only

None

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

Mottled Swift

さえずり

Rough, coarse chatter with scratchy texture; bursts of harsh notes blending into continuous buzzy trill near nesting cliffs.

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.

Mottled Swift

Found across equatorial Africa from Guinea east to Ethiopia and south to Zambia. Resident in highland forests and rocky cliffs at 900–3,400 m.

保全状況

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Least Concern

Mottled Swift

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 …

Mottled Swift

羽毛

Large; dark brown upperparts; mottled white and brown underparts with white scales on each feather creating scaled appearance; pale throat; African montane species closely related to Alpine Swift but with …

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。

Mottled Swift

モットルドスウィフトは赤道アフリカの高山帯に生息し、斑点模様の羽毛を持つ大型のアマツバメである。

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