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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	House Swift	Alpine Swift
学名	Apus nipalensis	Tachymarptis melba
目	Caprimulgiformes	Caprimulgiformes
科	Apodidae	Apodidae
保护状况	Least Concern	Least Concern
体长	—	—
翼展	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	43.9 cm (17.3 in)
体重	28.15 g (0.99 oz)	97.5 g (3.44 oz)
食性	Obligate aerial forager catching small flies, aphids, winged termites, and airborne spiders on the wing.	Aerial insectivore taking small flying insects and spiders; may forage at great heights following thermal …
产卵数	1-5	1-4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

无

House Swift only

🌲 Forest

Alpine Swift only

无

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Song & Call Comparison

House Swift

鸣唱

Soft, melodic warbling phrase with flowing quality; gentle notes weaving smoothly, typical of damp tropical forest mornings.

Alpine Swift

鸣唱

Rapid series of short, clipped whistles; bright, clean notes delivered in quick succession with occasional doubled phrase.

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Geographic Range & Migration

House Swift

Found from Afghanistan east through South and Southeast Asia to Japan and Indonesia. Common in urban areas and hill country up to 2,500 m.

Alpine Swift

Breeds from southern Europe and North Africa east through Central Asia and the Himalayas to India. Migratory; winters in sub-Saharan Africa.

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保护状况

Least Concern

House Swift

Least Concern

Alpine Swift

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How to Tell Them Apart

House Swift

羽毛

Small; dark sooty-brown; white rump patch; white throat; underparts dark; square-ended tail; East and Southeast Asian colonial swift; closely resembles Little Swift but slightly larger and marginally different in rump …

Alpine Swift

羽毛

Large; dark brown upperparts; white throat patch separated from white belly by dark brown breast band; brown flanks; bold tricoloured underpart pattern; one of Europe's largest swifts with distinctive white …

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About These Birds

House Swift

尼泊尔雨燕分布于喜马拉雅至东南亚，在山地岩壁上繁殖。

Alpine Swift

高山雨燕在欧洲山地和岩壁上繁殖，以白色腹部和较大体型为特征的长距离迁徙鸟类。

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