White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus)

Other Names (World)
White-tipped Swift, Mountain Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 500 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, 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 unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus) [XC218211]
by Joe Klaiber from Dinira National Park, Lara, Venezuela (call)

White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus) [XC578309]
by Willem-Pier Vellinga from Ukuku Rural Lodge, Juntas, Ibague, Tolima, Colombia @ (4.5585,-75.3275), Colombia (flight call)

Subspecies
Closely related to White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis). Subspecies tatei originally placed in monotypic genus Duidia.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

montivagus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Scattered range from northern Venezuelan cordilleras south through Andes to north-central Bolivia and north-western Argentina.
tatei (Chapman, 1929) - tepuís of southern Venezuela and extreme northern Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus) - 10 files

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