White-rumped Swiftlet vs Great Dusky Swift

Aerodramus spodiopygius 비교 대상 Cypseloides senex

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-rumped Swiftlet Great Dusky Swift
학명 Aerodramus spodiopygius Cypseloides senex
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 23.4 cm (9.2 in) 33.8 cm (13.3 in)
체중 7.4 g (0.26 oz) 83.0 g (2.93 oz)
식성 Feeds on aerial plankton including tiny flies and spiders; forages in large noisy flocks above … Feeds on aerial plankton of tiny insects and spiders; entire diet captured during non-stop aerial …
산란 수 1-2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-rumped Swiftlet only

없음

Great Dusky Swift only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

White-rumped Swiftlet

노래

Rapid thin twittering; high 'tsit-tsit' notes over Pacific islands; echolocation clicks in caves; colonial; produces soft chattering in roost cavities; unremarkable call

Great Dusky Swift

노래

Loud, churring trill; harsher and louder than other Cypseloides; calls over Iguacu Falls and major Neotropical waterfalls; buzzy 'bzzzt-bzzzt' in aerial groups

Geographic Range & Migration

White-rumped Swiftlet

Found across the southwestern Pacific including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu east to the Cook Islands. Resident from coast to mountains.

Great Dusky Swift

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

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-rumped Swiftlet

Least Concern

Great Dusky Swift

How to Tell Them Apart

White-rumped Swiftlet

깃털

Small; dark brownish-black upperparts with faint gloss; white rump patch contrasting sharply with dark back and tail; underparts pale greyish-white; forked tail; widespread Pacific species with diagnostically bright white rump.

Great Dusky Swift

깃털

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 …

About These Birds

White-rumped Swiftlet

비스마르크 군도에서 피지, 통가, 사모아까지 서태평양 전역에 걸쳐 분포하는 작은 칼새류(10~11cm). 어두운 깃털에 연한 허리 반점이 있다. 공중 식충성이다.

Great Dusky Swift

18–20 cm의 대형 칼새로 브라질 동남부·파라과이 동부·아르헨티나 북동부에 서식. 어두운 그을린 갈색 깃털. 삼림 협곡과 폭포 위를 날며 먹이를 구하는 공중 곤충식성. 폭포 뒤에 대규모 집단으로 둥지를 튼다. Cypseloides 속의 가장 큰 종.

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