Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Ror
Common Names in Danish:
Hvidkravet Sejler
Common Names in Dutch:
Witkraaggierzwaluw
Common Names in English:
Antillean cloud swift, Antillean collared swift, white-collared swift
Common Names in Finnish:
Kauluskiit
Common Names in French:
Martinet , Martinet à collier blanc
Common Names in German:
Halsbandsegler
Common Names in Guadeloupean Creole :
Oiseau De La Pluie
Common Names in Guarani:
Mbyju'i Mbopi Guasu
Common Names in Haitian Creole French:
Zwazo Lapli Kou Blanch
Common Names in Italian:
Rondone Collare Bianco, Rondone Dal Collare Bianco
Common Names in Japanese:
Kubiwaamatsubame, Shiroeriamatsubame, シロエリアマツバメ
Common Names in Latin:
Streptoprocne zonaris
Common Names in Norwegian:
Halsb
Common Names in Polish:
Lotniarz Obrozny
Common Names in Portuguese:
Andorinh, Andorinha-Coleira
Common Names in Portuguese (Brazil):
Andorinha-Coleira, Taperu
Common Names in Russian:
Стриж беловоротничковый
Common Names in Slovak:
D
Common Names in Spanish:
Vencejo Acollarado, Vencejo cuello blanco
Common Names in Spanish (Argentine):
Vencejo De Collar
Common Names in Spanish (Costa Rica):
Vencej
Common Names in Spanish (Cuba):
Vencejo De Collar
Common Names in Spanish (Dominican Republic):
Vencejo De Collar
Common Names in Spanish (Honduras):
Vencejo Collar Blanco
Common Names in Spanish (Mexico):
Vencejo Cuelliblanco
Common Names in Spanish (Nicaragua):
Vencejo Collarejo
Common Names in Spanish (Paraguay):
Vencejo Collar Blanco
Common Names in Spanish (Uruguay):
Vencejo Collar Blanco
Common Names in Swedish:
Halsbandsseglare
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Bill: black Neck: Collar : white Body: Back: glossy bluish black Chest: glossy bluish black.
Size/Age/Growth
About 8.75 inches long, with a wingspan of 19 to 21 inches. Adults weigh about 3.5 ounces .
Habitat
Vegetation: montaine evergreen forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub • Maximum Elevation: 3,600 meters • Foraging Strata: Aerial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Biology
Migration
Nonmigratory
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
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)
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
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)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
(
)
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Apodiformes
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)
- Peters, 1940
- Suborder:
Apodi
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)
- Peters, 1940
- Family:
Apodidae
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)
- Hartert, 1897
- Subfamily:
Cypseloidinae
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)
- Genus:
Streptoprocne
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)
- Oberholser 1906
- Specific name:
zonaris
- (Shaw) 1796
- Form: ; Name Status: Accepted Name .
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- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178023
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2482044
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178023
- IUCN ID: 244044
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 128494
- Mean = 861.010 meters (2,824.836 feet), Standard Deviation = 885.210 based on 584 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
First described: G.shaw In: Cimelia Phys. : 74, 1796.
Last scrutiny: 06-Dec-2005Similar Species
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Members of the genus Streptoprocne
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S. biscutata (Biscutate Swift) · S. biscutata biscutata (Biscutate Swift) · S. phelpsi (Phelp's Swift) · S. rutila (Cehstnut-Collared Swift) · S. rutila nubicola (Brodkorb's Swift) · S. rutila rutila (Chestnut-Collared Swift) · S. semicollaris (White-Naped Swift) · S. zonaris (Antillean Collared Swift) · S. zonaris minor (White-Collared Swift) · S. zonaris pallidifrons (White-Collared Swift) · S. zonaris zonaris (Antillean Collared Swift)
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Data Sources
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Identifiers
Footnotes
- Specific name:
zonaris
- (Shaw) 1796
- Genus:
Streptoprocne
(
- Subfamily:
Cypseloidinae
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- Family:
Apodidae
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- Suborder:
Apodi
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- Order:
Apodiformes
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- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
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