White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
Version: 1.0 — Published October 10, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | rorýs horský |
Dutch | Kleine Andesgierzwaluw |
English | White-tipped Swift |
English (United States) | White-tipped Swift |
French | Martinet montagnard |
French (France) | Martinet montagnard |
German | Bergsegler |
Japanese | カタジロアマツバメ |
Norwegian | hvittippseiler |
Polish | aeronauta białoplamy |
Portuguese (Brazil) | andorinhão-serrano |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-serrano |
Russian | Горный стриж |
Serbian | Belovrha čiopa |
Slovak | vzducholovec vrchovský |
Spanish | Vencejo Montañés |
Spanish (Argentina) | Vencejo Montañés |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Vencejo Filipunteado |
Spanish (Peru) | Vencejo Montañés |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo montañés |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Vencejo Montañés |
Swedish | vitmönstrad seglare |
Turkish | Güneyli Alaca Ebabil |
Ukrainian | Серпокрилець гірський |
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Introduction
White-tipped Swift is a medium sized, black and white swift of high elevations in the tepuis in northern South America, and in the Andes from Venezuela south to Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It has sharply pointed wings, a rather large tail with a slight fork, and dark plumage contrasting with a white throat and white thighs. White-tipped Swift resembles the partly sympatric Andean Swift (Aeronautes andecolus), but has much less white below and is generally found in more humid and more forested habitats, and has a lower elevational distribution. White-tipped Swift feeds in small flocks and nests in rock crevices and old buildings.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding