Cave Swiftlet vs Great Dusky Swift

Collocalia linchi เปรียบเทียบกับ Cypseloides senex

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Cave Swiftlet Great Dusky Swift
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Collocalia linchi Cypseloides senex
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Apodidae Apodidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 18.7 cm (7.4 in) 33.8 cm (13.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 6.05 g (0.21 oz) 83.0 g (2.93 oz)
อาหาร Entirely aerial diet of tiny insects and spiders; forages in large flocks over open country … Feeds on aerial plankton of tiny insects and spiders; entire diet captured during non-stop aerial …
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Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Cave Swiftlet only

Great Dusky Swift only

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Song & Call Comparison

Cave Swiftlet

เสียงร้อง

Soft, rapid twittering; thin 'tsit-tsit' over Javan forests; audible echolocation clicks inside caves; colonial; produces squeaky chattering at roost sites; calls weakly in flight

Great Dusky Swift

เสียงร้อง

Loud, churring trill; harsher and louder than other Cypseloides; calls over Iguacu Falls and major Neotropical waterfalls; buzzy 'bzzzt-bzzzt' in aerial groups

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Geographic Range & Migration

Cave Swiftlet

Found in Sumatra, Java, Bali, and surrounding Indonesian islands. Resident in forest, cultivated land, and villages. Nests in rock crevices.

Great Dusky Swift

Found in eastern South America from Venezuela and the Guianas south to Bolivia and Paraguay. Resident near rocky cliffs and waterfalls.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Cave Swiftlet

Least Concern

Great Dusky Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

Cave Swiftlet

ขนนก

Tiny; dark blue-black upperparts with faint gloss; pale greyish rump band; underparts whitish with grey-buff flanks; moderately forked tail; widespread in caves across Sundaland; less glossy and less white below …

Great Dusky Swift

ขนนก

Very large; entirely dark sooty-brown with pale grey forehead and chin scaling; slightly paler underparts; broad wings; largest Cypseloides swift; South American waterfall specialist with dusky uniform plumage and imposing …

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About These Birds

Cave Swiftlet

A very small swiftlet (9 cm) found in Java, Bali, Sumatra, and the Lesser Sundas. Dark glossy plumage with a pale rump band. Aerial insectivore, foraging in flocks. One of the primary nest-producing swiftlets; its edible nests (made of saliva) are commercially harvested.

Great Dusky Swift

A large swift (18-20 cm) of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Dark sooty-brown plumage. Aerial insectivore, foraging over forested gorges and waterfalls. Nests in large colonies behind waterfalls. The largest member of the genus Cypseloides.

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