White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
About the White-collared Swift
The white-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, and every mainland South American country. The white-collared swift has these nine recognized subspecies: S. z. mexicana Ridgway, 1910 S. z. bouchellii Huber, 1923 S. z. pallidifrons (Hartert, 1896) S. z. minor (Lawrence, 1882) S. z. albicincta (Cabanis, 1862) S. z. subtropicalis Parkes, 1994 S. z. altissima Chapman, 1914 S. z. kuenzeli Niethammer, 1953 S. z. zonaris (Shaw, 1796).
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3 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×3 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 115 recordings for this species in total.
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- White-naped SwiftStreptoprocne semicollarisprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.