About the Chestnut-collared Swift
The chestnut-collared swift is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found from Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru and Bolivia.
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The chesnut-collared swift is one of the smaller members of genus Streptoprocne. It is 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 21 g (0.74 oz). It has a wide slightly notched tail and broad wings. Adult males of the nominate subspecies S. r. rutila have a sooty blackish brown crown, a blackish brown back, slightly paler rump and uppertail coverts, and a sooty blackish brown tail. They have a narrow black patch around the eye and grayish brown cheeks, chin, and throat with some dull rufous feathers mixed in. Voice: One description of the chesnut-collared swift's flight call is "buzzy...like electric crackles or static, occasionally strung into a chatter: bzzzz'tzz'tzz'tzz zz zzzz zzzzz zzzz."
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Where the Chestnut-collared Swift lives
When to see the Chestnut-collared Swift
Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Biscutate SwiftStreptoprocne biscutataThe biscutate swift is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long and weighs about 115 g (4.1 oz).
White-naped SwiftStreptoprocne semicollarisThe white-naped swift is the largest representative of the swift family in the New World and one of the two largest species in the world.
Tepui SwiftStreptoprocne phelpsiThe tepui swift is one of the smaller members of genus Streptoprocne.
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