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Ashy-tailed swift is very similar to the widespread Vaux's swift. It is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 15 to 22 g (0.53 to 0.78 oz). The wings, like those of most swifts, are long and pointed. It is grayish brown overall, paler on the underside. The ashy-tailed's throat and abdomen tend to be browner than those of Vaux's, the back lighter brown, and the rump paler. Voice: As of late 2022 xeno-canto had no recordings of the ashy-tailed swift, though one recording attributed to Vaux's swift was taken within its range. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had very few recordings. The species' call is described as a "igh-pitched, rapid chipping and buzzy insect-like twitter given in flight."
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When to see the Ashy-tailed Swift
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ashy-tailed Swift
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Colombia.
About the Ashy-tailed Swift
The ashy-tailed swift or Andre's swift is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to northern and central Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Lesser Antillean SwiftChaetura martinicaThe Lesser Antillean swift is 10.5 to 11 cm (4.1 to 4.3 in) long and weighs an average of 12.7 g (0.45 oz).
Chapman's SwiftChaetura chapmaniChapman's swift is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 20.75 to 28 g (0.73 to 0.99 oz).
Pale-rumped SwiftChaetura egregiaThe pale-rumped swift is about 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long and weighs about 23 g (0.81 oz).
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