Costa Rican Swift
| Costa Rican Swift | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Chaetura |
| Species: | C. fumosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetura fumosa Salvin, 1870 | |
The Costa Rican Swift (Chaetura fumosa) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It was split from the Band-rumped Swift, Chaetura spinacauda, in 1998.
It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama with a natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is blackish and slim-winged with sharply contrasting pale-rump band and distinctly pale throat. Sooty- black coloration is tinged with glossy blue. Bill and feet are black. Compare with Band-rumped Swift.
Costa Rican Swifts usually feed on inscets in flight over open habitats and agricultural fields, although this species sometimes can be found over forest and semi-open habitats. Usually found in groups of 5-10, but forms flocks of up to 50 after breeding season. Associates with other small swifts (see Gray-rumped Swift, Band-rumped Swift and Vaux's Swift) where ranges overlap and where feeding is good. Nests in tree hole 30 ft. up in any sort of tree.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chaetura fumosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.