Pale-rumped Swift (Chaetura egregia)

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Todd, 1916

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru.

Eastern Ecuador south through eastern Peru, western Brazil and north-western Bolivia.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Pale-rumped Swift (Chaetura egregia) [XC557606]
by Dante Buzzetti from Parque Estadual Chandless, Santa Rosa do Purus, Acre, Brazil (call)

Pale-rumped Swift (Chaetura egregia) [XC711035]
by Andrew Spencer from Caseara, Tocantins, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Grey-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris), and these two form superspecies with Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica). Reported to be closely related to Band-rumped Swift (Chaetura spinicaudus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pale-rumped Swift (Chaetura egregia) - 10 files

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