Whitehead's Swiftlet vs White-chested Swift

Aerodramus whiteheadi 对比 Cypseloides lemosi

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Whitehead's Swiftlet White-chested Swift
学名 Aerodramus whiteheadi Cypseloides lemosi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Apodidae Apodidae
保护状况 Data Deficient Least Concern
体长
翼展 27.2 cm (10.7 in) 30.0 cm (11.8 in)
体重 14.0 g (0.49 oz) 28.400000000000002 g (1.00 oz)
食性 Aerial plankton feeder taking tiny midges, fungus gnats, and ballooning spiders in rapid coursing flights. Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing.
产卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Whitehead's Swiftlet only

White-chested Swift only

Song & Call Comparison

Whitehead's Swiftlet

鸣唱

Thin twittering; 'chip-chip' calls over Borneo highlands; echolocation clicks in cave roosts; data deficient; calls poorly documented from remote Bornean montane habitat

White-chested Swift

鸣唱

High, thin twittering; soft 'tsit' calls in flight; calls over Colombian waterfalls; very poorly known; thin, reedy contact notes; one of most rarely documented swifts

Geographic Range & Migration

Whitehead's Swiftlet

Endemic to the highlands of Borneo at 800–3,000 m. Resident in montane forest on Mount Kinabalu and the Crocker Range.

White-chested Swift

Known from Colombia and adjacent Ecuador. One of the world's rarest swifts; recorded at waterfalls in humid forest foothills at 500–1,200 m.

保护状况

Data Deficient

Whitehead's Swiftlet

Least Concern

White-chested Swift

How to Tell Them Apart

Whitehead's Swiftlet

羽毛

Small; dark brownish-grey upperparts; pale buff-grey rump band; underparts pale grey-white; forked tail; Philippine endemic from Luzon; data-deficient species differing from Philippine Swiftlet mainly in habitat preference and island range.

White-chested Swift

羽毛

Black upperparts and wings; distinctive large white chest patch contrasting sharply with black throat and belly; white confined to central breast; Colombian endemic with unique bold bicoloured plumage unlike any …

About These Birds

Whitehead's Swiftlet

一种小型金丝燕(体长11-12厘米),特产于菲律宾吕宋岛北部山区。体羽深色,腰部浅色。属雨燕科(Apodidae),是菲律宾山地的特有种。

White-chested Swift

哥伦比亚雨燕限于哥伦比亚南部,是罕见的雨燕。

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