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 DD    Spot-fronted Swift* Id (Atlas):
    Cypseloides cherriei

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Spot-fronted Swift, Cherrie's Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Ridgway, 1893

Habitat
Montane regions, near streams in forested and open habitats. From 1,000 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), Venezuela (B).

Scattered and poorly known: Costa Rica (Cordillera Central on Pacific slope); northern Venezuela (Aragua, coastal cordillera); north-central and south-western Colombia (San Gil, Santander; Charguayaco by Cerro Munchique and Las Guacas near Popayán, in western Andes of Cauca) and northern Ecuador (Pichincha, western slope of Andes).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status DD
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei) [XC260448]
     by Mitch Lysinger from Napo: upper Cordillera de los Huacamayos, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)

 
Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei) [XC544528]
     by id from Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei) - 10 files


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