Streptoprocne biscutata

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Apodiformes/Apodidae/Streptoprocne

At a glance

Occurrence records3 917

Data sources7

Biological traits20

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Streptoprocne biscutata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 917 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 917 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The biscutate swift (Streptoprocne biscutata) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology12

Beak depth3.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)12.8 mm

Beak length (nares)6.4 mm

Beak width5 mm

Body mass106 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 106 g · AVONET: 95.81 g · EltonTraits: 95.81 g

Body mass (male)85 g

Hand-wing index64.8

Kipp's distance125 mm

Secondary length67.1 mm

Tail length68.1 mm

Tarsus length21.5 mm

Wing length192 mm

Diet & foraging4

Aerial100 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration2.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size1 314 751 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 Streptoprocne biscutata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 917 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 887

Museum / vouchered30

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 312 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 accuracy66% within 1 km

≤100 m 25≤1 km 17≤10 km 16>10 km 6

64 georeferenced · 3 823 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 887

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 · 30 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence30

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 institutions1 of 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	26
INMAlocation not on record	2
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Biocienciaslocation not on record	1
Chicago, US	1

4 institutions · 30 of 30 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology12

Diet & foraging4

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type3 917 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 4 geolocated

Record type3 917 records