Whitehead's Swiftlet vs White-chested Swift

Aerodramus whiteheadi 비교 대상 Cypseloides lemosi

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Whitehead's Swiftlet White-chested Swift
학명 Aerodramus whiteheadi Cypseloides lemosi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
보전 상태 Data Deficient Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 27.2 cm (10.7 in) 30.0 cm (11.8 in)
체중 14.0 g (0.49 oz) 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz)
식성 Aerial plankton feeder taking tiny midges, fungus gnats, and ballooning spiders in rapid coursing flights. Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing.
산란 수 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Whitehead's Swiftlet only

없음

White-chested Swift only

Song & Call Comparison

Whitehead's Swiftlet

노래

Thin twittering; 'chip-chip' calls over Borneo highlands; echolocation clicks in cave roosts; data deficient; calls poorly documented from remote Bornean montane habitat

White-chested Swift

노래

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Whitehead's Swiftlet

Endemic to the highlands of Borneo at 800–3,000 m. Resident in montane forest on Mount Kinabalu and the Crocker Range.

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.

보전 상태

Data Deficient

Whitehead's Swiftlet

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

How to Tell Them Apart

Whitehead's Swiftlet

깃털

Small; dark brownish-grey upperparts; pale buff-grey rump band; underparts pale grey-white; forked tail; Philippine endemic from Luzon; data-deficient species differing from Philippine Swiftlet mainly in habitat preference and island range.

White-chested Swift

깃털

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 …

About These Birds

Whitehead's Swiftlet

필리핀 루손 북부 산지에 고유하게 서식하는 작은 칼새류(11~12cm). 연한 허리 반점이 있는 어두운 깃털. 공중 식충성이다.

White-chested Swift

14–15 cm의 중형 칼새로 콜롬비아 카우카 상부 계곡 고유종. 흰 가슴 반점이 있는 그을린 흑색 깃털. 아열대림의 공중 곤충식성. 극도로 제한된 분포와 지속적인 서식지 손실로 위기종으로 분류.

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