Pale-rumped Swift vs Great Dusky Swift

Chaetura egregia ile kıyaslandığında Cypseloides senex

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Pale-rumped Swift Great Dusky Swift
Bilimsel Ad Chaetura egregia Cypseloides senex
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Apodidae Apodidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 23,4 cm (9.2 in) 33,8 cm (13.3 in)
Ağırlık 23,68 g (0.84 oz) 83,0 g (2.93 oz)
Beslenme Obligate aerial insectivore; gathers small flying insects, winged ants, and airborne spiders during flight. Feeds on aerial plankton of tiny insects and spiders; entire diet captured during non-stop aerial …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 1-2
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Pale-rumped Swift only

Hiçbiri

Great Dusky Swift only

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Song & Call Comparison

Pale-rumped Swift

Şarkı

Breathy, rippling chatter with airy quality; light twittering notes loosely strung together in relaxed arrhythmic sequences.

Great Dusky Swift

Şarkı

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

Pale-rumped Swift

Found in the western Amazon basin from eastern Peru and Bolivia east to central Brazil. Resident in lowland tropical forest near rivers.

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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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Pale-rumped Swift

Least Concern

Great Dusky Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

Pale-rumped Swift

Tuy

Small; dark sooty-brown upperparts; distinctively very pale whitish rump strongly contrasting with dark back; underparts dark grey-brown; short spiny tail; Amazonian species with one of the most striking white rumps …

Great Dusky Swift

Tuy

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

Pale-rumped Swift

A small swift (11-12 cm) of humid lowland forests from Colombia to Peru and western Brazil. Dark plumage with a conspicuous pale rump band. Spine-tipped tail. Aerial insectivore, foraging over forest canopy and rivers. Often seen in mixed-species swift flocks.

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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