White-chested Swift vs Mottled Swift

Cypseloides lemosi 비교 대상 Tachymarptis aequatorialis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-chested Swift Mottled Swift
학명 Cypseloides lemosi Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 41.5 cm (16.3 in)
체중 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 94.0 g (3.32 oz)
식성 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 …
산란 수 -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

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White-chested Swift only

Mottled Swift only

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Song & Call Comparison

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

Mottled Swift

노래

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.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Least Concern

Mottled Swift

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Mottled Swift

깃털

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

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.

Mottled Swift

A large swift (20-22 cm) found in montane regions of eastern and southern Africa, typically at 1,500-3,000 m elevation. Dark plumage with mottled white underparts and throat. Aerial insectivore. Often seen in large flocks soaring over mountain escarpments and gorges.

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