Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)

a new bird to me thibaud...wonderful to see my friend...well done and many thanks....

A great capture of these two, Thibaud.

What a wonderful spot for you Thibaud!!! This is the first image to come into the Gallery for this species, so strange you say it's common... guess they're just difficult to photograph LOL.

It will shortly be placed on The Opus article. Many thanks for sharing this splendid picture with us my friend.

Today, 24 May 2021, your excellent image took its place as the First Image displayed in the Gray-rumped Swift article in Opus.

Thank you for your effort and your generous sharing of the fruits of that effort.

It is appreciated very much!

Barney

delia todd said:

What a wonderful spot for you Thibaud!!! This is the first image to come into the Gallery for this species, so strange you say it's common... guess they're just difficult to photograph LOL.

It will shortly be placed on The Opus article. Many thanks for sharing this splendid picture with us my friend.

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Delia, they're definitely pretty hard to get good photos of (as with most other swifts!).
The genus Chaetura is definitely common in the Peruvian lowlands, but there are several very similar species and when you see them as dark specks circling high in the air, it's quite hard (at least for me!) to identify them to the species level with any certainty.
I was lucky that these came down, so that I could see their telltale grey rumps!