Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | falciot de collar incomplet |
Czech | rorýs brazilský |
Dutch | Witschildgierzwaluw |
English | Biscutate Swift |
English (United States) | Biscutate Swift |
French | Martinet à collier interrompu |
French (France) | Martinet à collier interrompu |
German | Schildsegler |
Japanese | シロエリアマツバメ |
Norwegian | skjoldseiler |
Polish | lotniarz brazylijski |
Portuguese (Brazil) | taperuçu-de-coleira-falha |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Taperuçu-de-coleira-interrompida |
Russian | Бразильский стриж |
Serbian | Kragnasta čiopa |
Slovak | sadziar kapucňový |
Spanish | Vencejo Nuquiblanco Brasileño |
Spanish (Argentina) | Vencejo Nuca Blanca |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Vencejo nuca blanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo nuquiblanco brasileño |
Swedish | halvmåneseglare |
Turkish | Çift Yakalı Ebabil |
Ukrainian | Свіфт бразильський |
Biscutate Swift Streptoprocne biscutata
Audrey Bowe
Version: 1.0 — Published September 19, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published September 19, 2014
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Biscutate swifts are aerial insectivores, but its diet has not been examined in detail; stomach contents in Brazil of the related, and often sympatric, White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris), included insects of the orders Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera (Schubart et al. 1965).