Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Apodidae
Genus
Streptoprocne
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Biscutate Swift Streptoprocne biscutata

Audrey Bowe
Version: 1.0 — Published September 19, 2014

References

Introduction

Belton, W. 1984. Birds of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Part 1. Rheidae through Furnariidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 369-636.

BirdLife International. 2014. Species factsheet: Biscutate Swift Streptoprocne biscutata. Downloaded from BirdLife International on 01 May 2014.

Capper, D.R., R.P. Clay, A. Madroño N., J. Mazar Barnett, I.J. Burfield, E.Z. Esquivel, C.P. Kennedy, M. Perrens, and R.G. Pople. 2001. First records, noteworthy observations and new distributional data for birds in Paraguay. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 121: 23-37.

Chantler, P. 1999. Family Apodidae, Swifts. Pages 388-457 in J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal (editors), Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 5. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Chantler, P. 2000. Swifts. A guide to the swifts and treeswifts of the world. Second edition. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.

Kirwan, G.M. 2007. Separation of Streptoprocne swifts in the Atlantic forest region. Neotropical Birding 2: 24-26.

Parker, T.A., III, D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases. Pages 113-436 in D.F. Stotz, J.W. Fitzpatrick, T.A. Parker III, and D.K. Moskovits, Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

Pearman, M., J.I. Areta, I. Roesler, and A. Bodrati. 2010. Confirmation of the Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) in Argentina with notes on its nest placement, seasonality, and distribution. Ornitología Neotropical 21: 351-359.

Pichorim, M. 2002. The breeding biology of the Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata) in southern Brazil. Ornitología Neotropical 13: 61-84.

Pichorim, M. 2010. Influence of age and season on morphometric measurements of the Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122: 153-159.

Pichorim, M. 2011. The influence of clutch and brood sizes on nesting success of the biscutate swift, Streptoprocne biscutata (Aves: Apodidae). Zoologia 28: 186-192.

Pichorim, M., and E.L.A. Monteiro-Filho. 2008. Brood size and its importance for nestling growth in the Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata, Aves: Apodidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology 68: 851-857.

Pichorim, M., and E.L.A. Monteiro-Filho. 2010. Population size, survival, longevity, and movements of the Biscutate Swift in southern Brazil. Annales Zoologici Fennici 47: 123-132.

Pichorim, M., J.J. Roper, and F.E.L.A. Monteiro. 2009. Experimental study of nest-site selection in the Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata, Aves: Apodidae) in southern Brazil. Biotropica 41: 81-84.

Schubart, O., A. C. Aguirre, and H. Sick. 1965. Contribuição para conhecimento da alimentação das aves brasileiras. Arquivos de Zoologia 12: 95-249.

Sclater, P.L. 1865. Notes on the genera and species of Cypselidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London [1865] 593-617.

Sick, H. 1991. Distribution and subspeciation of the Biscutate Swift Streptoprocne biscutata. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 111: 38-40.

Sick, H. 1997. Ornitologia brasileira. Editora Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Recommended Citation

Bowe, A. (2014). Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.bisswi1.01
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