White-chested Swift vs Waterfall Swift

Cypseloides lemosi 비교 대상 Hydrochous gigas

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-chested Swift Waterfall Swift
학명 Cypseloides lemosi Hydrochous gigas
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Near Threatened
체장
날개 폭 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 29.2 cm (11.5 in)
체중 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 38.540000000000006 g (1.36 oz)
식성 Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing. Obligate aerial forager; feeds entirely on the wing on small flying insects, midges, and airborne …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-chested Swift only

Waterfall 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

Waterfall Swift

노래

Rapid, high-pitched twittering; sharp 'tsit-tsit' calls over Southeast Asian waterfalls; thin metallic notes; nest behind waterfalls; calls audible over roaring water

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.

Waterfall Swift

Found from southern Thailand through the Thai-Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo. Restricted to rivers near waterfalls. Scarce.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Near Threatened

Waterfall 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 …

Waterfall Swift

깃털

Blackish-brown upperparts with slight gloss; grey-brown underparts paler than back; pale grey-white chin and throat; no rump patch; robust-bodied and large; Southeast Asian waterfall specialist with uniformly dark plumage and …

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.

Waterfall Swift

큰폭풍칼새는 동남아시아 섬 지역에 서식하는 대형 칼새로 특히 말레이시아와 필리핀에 분포한다. 길고 뾰족한 날개와 짧은 꼬리를 가지고 있으며 빠른 속도로 하늘을 가로질러 날아다닌다. 곤충을 주식으로 하며 절벽과 동굴에 둥지를 튼다.

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