The white-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) is a swift of the family Apodidae native to western North America, south to cordilleran western Honduras.Ryan TP, Collins CT. 2000. White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis). Version 2.0. In: Poole AF, Gill FB, editors. The Birds of North America [Internet]. [cited 2018 Oct 3]; Ithaca (NY): Cornell Lab of Ornithology. . Its coastal range extends as far north as Northern California, while inland it has migratory populations found throughout the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions, ranging as far north as southern British Columbia. White-throated swifts are found in open areas near cliffs, rock faces, or man-made structures, where they roost. Swifts are social birds, and groups are often seen roosting and foraging for flying insects together.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aeronautes saxatalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections4
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P694 bp consensus4 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)0.22%
Haplotypes1
BIN1
Where individuals differ — all 2 variable positions, in barcode order
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type444 002 records
Wild obs. + sensor443 427
Museum / vouchered568
Other7
Origin
Native270
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO126 068 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 accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 977≤1 km 1 089≤10 km 330>10 km 138
3 534 georeferenced · 439 893 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor443 427
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 accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 121≤1 km 44≤10 km 221>10 km 37
423 georeferenced · 145 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence568
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 institutions28 of 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
US
117
Seattle, US
56
Denver, US
45
Zacatecas, MX
37
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record
33
Tacoma, US
28
Wuzhou, CN
27
München, DE
23
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
19
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
15
San Diego, US
14
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record
10
Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museumlocation not on record
9
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record
9
Ann Arbor, US
9
Philip L. Wright Zoological Museumlocation not on record
9
CASlocation not on record
8
Mongolian Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
7
Morelia, MX
7
Washington, US
6
Los Angeles, US
6
EL PASO, US
5
Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record
5
Chicago, US
3
Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record
3
Berkeley, US
3
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
ASNHClocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Philadelphia, US
2
San Nicolás de los Garza, MX
2
Albany, US
2
Iowa City, US
2
Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapaslocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Geneva, CH
1
New Haven, US
1
Ithaca, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
1
Ensenada, MX
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
42 institutions · 536 of 568 vouchered records shown · 32 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Aeronautes saxatalis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median18.8 °C 13.5–18.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.1 °C
Max temp (day)25.8 °C 20.8–25.9
Min temp (night)12.7 °C 7.50–12.7
Precipitation8.70 mm/mo 8.60–14.1
Air humidity47.2 % 47.0–55.2
Moisture balance-101 mm/mo -104–-70.6
Vapour deficit1,148 Pa 731–1,154
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.90–3.30
Cloud cover44.9 % 41.5–45.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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