Costa Rican Swift vs White-collared Swift

Chaetura fumosa ile kıyaslandığında Streptoprocne zonaris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Costa Rican Swift White-collared Swift
Bilimsel Ad Chaetura fumosa Streptoprocne zonaris
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Apodidae Apodidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 21,2 cm (8.3 in) 42,5 cm (16.7 in)
Ağırlık 18,2 g (0.64 oz) 106,45 g (3.75 oz)
Beslenme Entirely airborne feeder on tiny flies, gnats, and airborne arachnids; one of the most aerial … Obligate aerial insectivore; gathers small flying insects, winged ants, and airborne spiders during flight.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Costa Rican Swift only

Hiçbiri

White-collared Swift only

Hiçbiri

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Song & Call Comparison

Costa Rican Swift

Şarkı

Thin, insect-like buzz alternating with soft clicks; delicate high trill delivered during swift wheeling flight over valleys.

White-collared Swift

Şarkı

Loud, screaming 'shreee-shreee'; powerful screeching trill; calls from large flocks over mountains; very audible; one of the loudest Neotropical swifts; alarm a harsh rattle

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Geographic Range & Migration

Costa Rican Swift

Found along the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and Panama. Resident in lowland and foothill forest and forest edge below 1,000 m.

White-collared Swift

Found from Mexico south through Central America to South America east of the Andes, reaching Bolivia and southern Brazil. Often in large flocks.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Costa Rican Swift

Least Concern

White-collared Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

Costa Rican Swift

Tuy

Small; uniformly dark sooty-brown with rump barely paler than dark back; underparts dark grey-brown; short spiny tail; Central American Pacific slope species; exceptionally dark and uniform compared to most Chaetura …

White-collared Swift

Tuy

Large; glossy blue-black plumage with bold broad white collar encircling entire neck; collar clean and complete; underparts black; large slightly forked tail; among the most recognisable Neotropical swifts due to …

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About These Birds

Costa Rican Swift

A small swift (11 cm) endemic to the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama. Dark plumage with a pale grey rump band. Spine-tipped tail. Aerial insectivore of humid forest canopy. Poorly known; restricted range in Central American lowland forests.

White-collared Swift

A very large swift (20-22 cm, wingspan 45-55 cm) with a bold white collar band, the largest New World swift. Found from Mexico to southern Brazil and the Caribbean. Aerial insectivore, foraging in large, noisy flocks over forests and cities. Nests behind waterfalls and in caves.

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