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Cypseloides cherriei (Spot-fronted Swift)

Wikipedia Abstract

The spot-fronted swift (Cypseloides cherriei) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The scientific name commemorates the specimen collector George K. Cherrie.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
38
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.8565
EDGE Score: 3.247
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  22 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical cloud forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical cloud forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  100 %
Forages - Aerial [3]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  10 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Snout to Vent Length [5]  6 inches (14 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera La Costa montane forests Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cordillera Oriental montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northwestern Andean montane forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Talamancan montane forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier National Park 218030 Venezuela  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Central Volcanic Cordillera Costa Rica A1, A2, A3
El Rodeo, Cerros de Escazú and La Carpintera Costa Rica A1, A2, A3
Los Santos, La Amistad Pacífico Costa Rica A1, A2, A3
Soatá Colombia A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Collins, C.T. 1972. Weights of some birds of north-central Venezuela. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 92:151-153.
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0