White-chested Swift vs Pygmy Palm Swift

Cypseloides lemosi 비교 대상 Tachornis furcata

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-chested Swift Pygmy Palm Swift
학명 Cypseloides lemosi Tachornis furcata
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 30.0 cm (11.8 in) 17.8 cm (7.0 in)
체중 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz) 6.75 g (0.24 oz)
식성 Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing. Aerial-only diet of small flying insects, winged termites, and drifting spiders caught during continuous flight.
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-chested Swift only

Pygmy Palm Swift only

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

Pygmy Palm Swift

노래

Tiny, buzzy chips barely audible beyond two metres; minute high-pitched twittering almost disappearing in ambient sound.

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.

Pygmy Palm Swift

Found in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia and Guyana. Resident in lowland savanna near Moriche palms; nests inside palm fronds. Uncommon.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

Least Concern

Pygmy Palm 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 …

Pygmy Palm Swift

깃털

Tiny, among the world's smallest swifts; dark brown-black overall; pale buff-white rump patch; underparts pale whitish with dark sides; deeply forked tail; Venezuelan and Colombian palm-nesting species; minute size 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.

Pygmy Palm Swift

A tiny swift (9-10 cm) of open savannas and palm groves in Colombia and Venezuela. Dark plumage with a pale rump. Long, forked tail. Aerial insectivore associated with Moriche palms (Mauritia flexuosa), nesting inside palm fronds. One of the smallest swifts.

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