Drab Swiftlet vs Great Dusky Swift

Collocalia neglecta เปรียบเทียบกับ Cypseloides senex

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Drab Swiftlet Great Dusky Swift
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Collocalia neglecta Cypseloides senex
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Apodidae Apodidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Not Evaluated Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 33.8 cm (13.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 5.9 g (0.21 oz) 83.0 g (2.93 oz)
อาหาร Entirely airborne insectivore; feeds on minute flying insects and web-dispersing spiders over open habitats. Feeds on aerial plankton of tiny insects and spiders; entire diet captured during non-stop aerial …
จำนวนไข่ 1-2 1-2
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Habitat Comparison

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Drab Swiftlet only

Great Dusky Swift only

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Song & Call Comparison

Drab Swiftlet

เสียงร้อง

High, thin twittering; 'tsit-tsit' in flight; echolocation clicks inside cave roosts; small size and unremarkable plumage matched by simple, thin high-pitched calls

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

Drab Swiftlet

Found on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Simeuluë Island off Sumatra. Resident in coastal and lowland habitats. Sedentary.

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

Not Evaluated

Drab Swiftlet

Least Concern

Great Dusky Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

Drab Swiftlet

ขนนก

Tiny; dull brownish-grey upperparts with little or no gloss; whitish-buff rump band; pale greyish-buff underparts; forked tail; as the name implies, lacks the iridescent gloss of most Collocalia swiftlets; island …

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

Drab Swiftlet

A small swiftlet (10 cm) found in the Philippines, Sulawesi, and the Moluccas. Dark grey-brown plumage, less glossy than related species. Aerial insectivore. Colonial cave nester. Taxonomy has been revised repeatedly; sometimes merged with other swiftlet taxa.

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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