Swifts (Apodidae)
White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) - HBW 5, p. 422
French: Martinet à collier blanc
German: Halsbandsegler
Spanish: Vencejo Acollarado
Other common names: Collared/Antillean Cloud/Giant White-collared/Ringed Swift
Taxonomy: Hirundo zonaris Shaw, 1796, Brazil.
Recent research has shown that race albicincta is far more restricted in range than previously thought. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mexicana Ridgway, 1910 - S Mexico to Belize.
- bouchellii Huber, 1923 - Nicaragua to Panama.
- pallidifrons (Hartert, 1896) - Greater Antilles and locally in Lesser Antilles (Saba, Grenadines, Grenada).
- mexicana Ridgway, 1910 - S Mexico to Belize.
- bouchellii Huber, 1923 - Nicaragua to Panama.
- pallidifrons (Hartert, 1896) - Greater Antilles and locally in Lesser Antilles (Saba, Grenadines, Grenada).
- minor (Lawrence, 1882) - Cordillera of coastal N Venezuela, recorded to Trinidad.
- albicincta (Cabanis, 1862) - lowland Venezuela (S of Andes and cordilleras), Guyana and possibly Surinam and French Guiana.
- subtropicalis Parkes, 1993 - middle elevations in Andean highlands from Mérida (Venezuela) and Colombia to Peru.
- altissima Chapman, 1914 - high elevations of Andes in Colombia and Ecuador.
- kuenzeli Niethammer, 1953 - high elevations of Bolivian Andes and NW Argentina.
- zonaris (Shaw, 1796) - S Brazilian and Bolivian lowlands, and C & E Paraguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several birds flying. Locality Chinkultic ruins, Comitán, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mexicana)
Josep del Hoyo 9 April 2009 2 years ago 47 sec 3.3 -
A large group in flight Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp subtropicalis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 3.1 -
Birds flying. Locality Cañada Honda, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mexicana)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2009 2 years ago 16 sec 1.7
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A bird in flight
Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 19 September 2008 2 years ago 2 -
Soaring bird.
Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador
Paul R Martin 12 December 2006 3 years ago 2
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flight calls from a group of about 30 birds Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp altissima)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 12 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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