Cook's Swift vs White-chested Swift

Apus cooki 비교 대상 Cypseloides lemosi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Cook's Swift White-chested Swift
학명 Apus cooki Cypseloides lemosi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
보전 상태 Not Evaluated Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 30.0 cm (11.8 in)
체중 42.949999999999996 g (1.52 oz) 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz)
식성 Catches aerial plankton — tiny midges, gnats, and ballooning spiders — continuously during soaring flight. Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing.
산란 수 -- --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Cook's Swift only

없음

White-chested Swift only

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Song & Call Comparison

Cook's Swift

노래

Bright, flute-like series of liquid notes; clear melodic phrase ascending slightly then resolving on a sustained pure tone.

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Cook's Swift

Found from southern Thailand through the Thai-Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent islands. Resident in lowland forest.

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.

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보전 상태

Not Evaluated

Cook's Swift

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

Cook's Swift

깃털

Dark sooty-brown upperparts; white rump patch; pale white throat; dark underparts; deeply forked tail; recently split taxon from Pacific Swift complex; plumage essentially identical to close relatives, distinguished primarily by …

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 …

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About These Birds

Cook's Swift

쿡 칼새는 동남아시아와 남아시아 일부 지역에 서식하는 소형 칼새입니다. 흰 목과 작은 체구가 특징이며, 집 칼새와 유사하지만 분포 범위와 생태가 다릅니다.

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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