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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) [XC493281]
     by Caleb Helsel from Bill Williams River NWR, Arizona, United States (call)

 
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) [XC552937]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Kwaamii Point, near Mt. Laguna, San Diego County, California, United States (flight 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
See References.


Files:
JPG files for White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) - 10 files


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