White-chested Swift vs White-rumped Spinetail

Cypseloides lemosi 비교 대상 Zoonavena sylvatica

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-chested Swift White-rumped Spinetail
학명 Cypseloides lemosi Zoonavena sylvatica
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 22.1 cm (8.7 in)
체중 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 13.0 g (0.46 oz)
식성 Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing. Catches aerial plankton of small insects and spiders in fast sweeping flight; roosts in rock …
산란 수 -- 3-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-chested Swift only

White-rumped Spinetail only

없음

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

White-rumped Spinetail

노래

Shrill, reedy twittering calls; thin whistled notes cascading rapidly in flight, carrying a faint metallic quality overhead.

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.

White-rumped Spinetail

Found in southwestern India (Western Ghats) and Sri Lanka. Resident in humid forest and forest edge in hills up to 1,800 m.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Least Concern

White-rumped Spinetail

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 …

White-rumped Spinetail

깃털

Small; dark brown-black upperparts; bright white rump band strongly contrasting with dark back; underparts pale whitish; short spiny tail; South Asian forest species; white rump conspicuous in flight distinguishing it …

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.

White-rumped Spinetail

A small spinetail swift (10-11 cm) found in foothill and montane forests of the Indian subcontinent, from the Himalayas to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. Dark plumage with a white rump band and spine-tipped tail. Aerial insectivore. Nests behind waterfalls and in caves.

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