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 LC    White-throated Swift* Id (Atlas):
    Aeronautes saxatalis

Description (10)
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Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Woodhouse, 1853

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,200 - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)
Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA (B).

Unknown to Belize.

Population
Estimated population is 400,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)...)

 
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) [XC799699]
     by Steve Hampton from KOFA Queen Canyon, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, United States (call, flight call)

 
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) [XC554576]
     by Scott Olmstead from Carrizo Plain National Monument, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States (call)

Subspecies
Closely related to White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • saxatalis Woodhouse, 1853   -  South-western Canada south through western USA to southern Mexico (Oaxaca) west of Caribbean lowlands.
  • nigrior Dickey & van Rossem, 1928   -  Southern Mexico (Chiapas) to central Honduras.



References
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Files:
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