Listen to the Grey-rumped swift
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About the Grey-rumped swift
The Grey-rumped swift is a bird in the family Apodidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Grey-rumped swift sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The grey-rumped swift or gray-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama; in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Suriname, and Uruguay; in Trinidad and Tobago; and on Grenada.
Related birds in the genus Chaetura
More from the family Apodidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Grey-rumped swift sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Grey-rumped swift on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Grey-rumped swift endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Grey-rumped swift as “least concern”.
What family does the Grey-rumped swift belong to?
The Grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1261427 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Grey-rumped swift – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0