Bornean Swiftlet vs African Palm Swift

Collocalia dodgei เปรียบเทียบกับ Cypsiurus parvus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Bornean Swiftlet African Palm Swift
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Collocalia dodgei Cypsiurus parvus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Apodidae Apodidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Not Evaluated Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 27.2 cm (10.7 in)
น้ำหนัก 6.1 g (0.22 oz) 14.38 g (0.51 oz)
อาหาร Small aerial insectivore feeding on minute flying insects and spiders; forages over forest canopy and … Exclusively aerial diet; consumes tiny flying insects and spiders, sometimes following insect swarms for km.
จำนวนไข่ -- 1-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Bornean Swiftlet only

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African Palm Swift only

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Song & Call Comparison

Bornean Swiftlet

เสียงร้อง

High thin twittering; soft 'tsit' notes over Borneo mountains; echolocation in cave roosts; tiny highland swiftlet; call weakly audible; soft rapid chittering in flight

African Palm Swift

เสียงร้อง

Deep, hollow churring trill with resonant bass quality; prolonged vibrating call audible at significant range in open woodland.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Bornean Swiftlet

Endemic to Borneo in lowland dipterocarp forest and hill forest. Closely related to Glossy Swiftlet; range barely extends to Palawan.

African Palm Swift

Found across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Somalia and south to South Africa. Common in open areas near palms; nests in palm leaves.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Not Evaluated

Bornean Swiftlet

Least Concern

African Palm Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bornean Swiftlet

ขนนก

Tiny; dark glossy blue-green upperparts; pale whitish rump band; dark sooty-grey underparts; forked tail; Borneo endemic restricted to montane zones; similar to Glossy Swiftlet but less white below and confined …

African Palm Swift

ขนนก

Slender and long-tailed; uniformly pale greyish-brown overall; underparts paler grey-buff; long deeply forked tail; pale uniform appearance with no contrasting markings; widespread African palm-nesting swift with distinctive slender silhouette.

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About These Birds

Bornean Swiftlet

A small swiftlet (9-10 cm) endemic to montane forests of northern Borneo at 900-3,400 m elevation. Dark glossy plumage. Aerial insectivore. Colonial cave nester. Restricted to high-altitude caves on Mount Kinabalu and neighboring peaks. Limited ecological data.

African Palm Swift

A slender swift (15-17 cm) with long, narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. Dark brown plumage. Found across sub-Saharan Africa in savanna and open woodland, closely associated with palm trees. Aerial insectivore. One of Africa's most abundant swift species.

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