Swifts (Apodidae)
Ashy-tailed Swift (Chaetura andrei) - HBW 5, p. 445
French: Martinet d’André
German: Grauschwanzsegler
Spanish: Vencejo de Tormenta
Other common names: André’s/Southern Swift; Sick’s Swift (meridionalis)
Taxonomy: Chaetura andrei Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Caicara, River Orinoco, Venezuela.
Recently suggested that nominate race be merged with C. vauxi aphanes (as C. v. andrei) and that meridionalis thus be given separate specific status. Several specimens formerly identified as andrei (e.g. from Carabobo, Falcón, Lara, Distrito Federal) are clearly C. vauxi aphanes, and of the 5 valid specimens of andrei 4 are from Bolívar (2 each from Caicara and Altagracia) and 1 from Sucre (San Félix); those birds mislabelled as andrei may either be post-breeding migrants of a C. vauxi population, perhaps from E part.. View all taxonomy...
Recently suggested that nominate race be merged with C. vauxi aphanes (as C. v. andrei) and that meridionalis thus be given separate specific status. Several specimens formerly identified as andrei (e.g. from Carabobo, Falcón, Lara, Distrito Federal) are clearly C. vauxi aphanes, and of the 5 valid specimens of andrei 4 are from Bolívar (2 each from Caicara and Altagracia) and 1 from Sucre (San Félix); those birds mislabelled as andrei may either be post-breeding migrants of a C. vauxi population, perhaps from E part of Coastal Range, or may represent a resident form from hilly lowlands of S Venezuela; identification of 2 other specimens taken from near the Serranía de Imataca, S of Orinoco Delta, needs to be confirmed. Race meridionalis almost identical in plumage to C. pelagica, to which it may be closely related; best separated by differences in wing-formula, as P9 is 3-8 mm longer than P10 whereas in C. pelagica both are equal. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- andrei Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 - E Venezuela.
- meridionalis Hellmayr, 1907 - E & SE Bolivia, SE & S Brazil, Paraguay and N Argentina; winters N to Panama, Colombia and French Guiana.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A poor view of a flying bird, repeated in slow motion. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp meridionalis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 July 2011 1 year ago 13 sec 2
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A bird on flight.
Locality Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia (ssp meridionalis)
Joe Tobias 1 January 2003 1 year ago 2
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A flock flying over the canopy Locality Cruce Caballero, Misiones Province, Argentina
Hernan Casañas-Seriema Na... 1 August 1998 3 years ago 3 -
Bando. In flight. Locality Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Noé Eiterer 27 September 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 0
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