Band-rumped Swift - BirdForum Opus

Chaetura spinicauda

Identification

11.5 cm

• Black upperparts
• Whitish band across the rump
• Dark brown underparts
• Paler throat
• Short tail

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: Panama, Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized^[1].

• C. s. aetherodroma:

• Eastern Panama to southern Ecuador and extreme northern Peru

• C. s. spinicaudus:

• Southern and eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil

• C. s. aethalea:

• Central Brazil south of the Amazon and east of the Tapajos

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes flying insects.

Breeding

The nest is a half saucer of twigs attached to the inside of a tree hole with saliva.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Avibase
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Band-rumped Swift. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Band-rumped_Swift

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