Aeronautes montivagus

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Apodiformes/Apodidae/Aeronautes

At a glance

Occurrence records13 198

Data sources6

Biological traits22

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Aeronautes montivagus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 198 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF13 198 records

01Narrative

The white-tipped swift (Aeronautes montivagus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth2.6 mm

Beak length (culmen)6.5 mm

Beak length (nares)3.1 mm

Beak width2.4 mm

Body mass20.1 g

Body mass (female)19.6 g

Body mass (male)20.55 g

Hand-wing index68.6

Kipp's distance79.1 mm

Secondary length36.1 mm

Tail length46.2 mm

Tarsus length8.1 mm

Wing length115 mm

Diet & foraging5

Aerial80 %

Canopy20 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size842 702 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type13 198 records

Wild obs. + sensor13 178

Museum / vouchered20

Origin

Native10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO7 668 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 23≤1 km 17≤10 km 2>10 km 3

45 georeferenced · 13 133 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor13 178

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 20 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence20

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	5
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	4
Wuzhou, CN	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
Philadelphia, US	1
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record	1
Los Angeles, US	1

8 institutions · 17 of 20 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Diet & foraging5

Habitat & environment4

Record type13 198 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 8 geolocated

Record type13 198 records