Swifts

White-tipped Swift

Aeronautes montivagus

The White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus) is a 20 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Swifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

20 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Guyana.

Where to see it: Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Parque Simon Bolivar (Venezuela); Parque del Este (Venezuela); Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist