Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | falciot collroig |
| Czech | rorýs hnědohrdlý |
| Dutch | Bruinkraaggierzwaluw |
| English | Chestnut-collared Swift |
| English (United States) | Chestnut-collared Swift |
| French | Martinet à collier roux |
| French (France) | Martinet à collier roux |
| German | Rothalssegler |
| Japanese | クリエリムジアマツバメ |
| Norwegian | rødhalsseiler |
| Polish | lotniarz rdzawoszyi |
| Russian | Каштановогрудый стриж |
| Serbian | Riđogrla čiopa |
| Slovak | sadziar hrdzavokrký |
| Spanish | Vencejo Cuellirrojo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Vencejo Cuellicastaño |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Vencejo Cuellicastaño |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Vencejo Collar Castaño |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Vencejo Cuello Castaño |
| Spanish (Panama) | Vencejo Cuellicastaño |
| Spanish (Peru) | Vencejo de Cuello Castaño |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo cuellirrojo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Vencejo Cuellirrojo |
| Swedish | kastanjeseglare |
| Turkish | Kızıl Gerdanlı Ebabil |
| Ukrainian | Свіфт рудошиїй |
Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
Thomas S. Schulenberg and Camile Shaw
Version: 1.0 — Published April 3, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published April 3, 2015
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Chestnut-collared Swifts are aerial insectivores, but the diet is not known in detail; it includes ants and termites, beetles, bugs, and wasps (Stiles and Skutch 1989). The stomachs of two specimens from northern Venezuela were full of winged ants (Camponotus, Solenopsis, and Crematogaster) (Beebe 1947). In Colombia it has been observed in mixed species aggregations of swifts feeding on swarms of emergent small beetles (Scarabeidae: Cichlocephala sp., Cycloneda sp., and Macrodactyus sp.) (Stiles and Negret 1994). Nestlings on Trinidad were fed Hymenoptera (including ants) and termites (Collins 1968).
