Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Cayenne Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) [XC663844]
by Daniel Lane from Usina Frei Caneca, Jaqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil (call, song)

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) [XC27729]
by Geoffrey Monchaux from Cockscomb Basin Jaguar Preserve, Dangriga Prov., Belize (call)

Subspecies
Separation into subspecies may prove to be unjustified.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

veraecrucis (Gmelin, 1789) - Eastern Mexico (Veracruz) to northern Honduras.
cayennensis (Gmelin, 1789) - Southern Honduras south through Central America, with scattered distribution in western Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, north-eastern Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) - 10 files

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