Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila)

Other Scientific Names
Cypseloides rutilus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Cypseloides rutilus [BirdLife International (2004)], Cypseloides rutilus [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Range (Guide)

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

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

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 (13)...)

Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila) [XC814382]
by Niels Krabbe from Canaan - Ratachal 1, Peru (flight call)

Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila) [XC261677]
by id from Esmeraldas: Cayapachupa, Cordillera de Tois\u00e1n, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
Cypseloides rutilus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) is retained in the genus Cypseloides contra AOU (1998) who place it in the genus Streptoprocne following Marin and Stiles (1992) (along with an unspecified number of other close allies) because there is some controversy as to whether this is correct (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001).

Forms superspecies with Tepui Swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi). Subspecies brunnitorques rather similar to nominate, and may be synonymous. "Chaetura nubicola" is synonym of present species.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

griseifrons (Nelson, 1900) - Western Mexico.
brunnitorques (Lafresnaye, 1844) - South-eastern Mexico to Bolivia.
rutila (Vieillot, 1817) - Venezuela to Guyana and Trinidad.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila) - 10 files

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