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Cypseloides lemosi

[edit] Identification

With 14cm a medium sized Swift, first described only in 1962.

• Blackish plumage
• Broad, long wings
• Forked tail
• Forhead slightly paler with a diagnostic white chest patch
• Reduced chest patch in female, also tail-fork shallower
• Juvenile similar to female

[edit] Distribution

Found in South America. Restricted range species: SW Colombia (upper Cauca Valley, Cauca and Valle departments), also recorded in NC Colombia, NE Ecuador and NW Peru
Known only from some specimens and field sightings. Classified as vulnerable.

[edit] Taxonomy

Forms a superspecies with Black Swift, Rothschild's Swift and Sooty Swift. Formerly placed in genus Nephoecetes.
Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Presumably secondary forest and scrub in the Central Andean foothills. Recorded mostly between 1000 and 1300m.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on insects, taken in flight. Usually seen in small flocks, together with other Swifts.
Nothing known about breeding season, nests or nestplaces.
Suspected to be resident.

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