>Aeronautes andecolus (Andean Swift)

Andean Swift

 

Andean Swift
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Apodidae
Genus:	Aeronautes
Species:	A. andecolus
Binomial name
Aeronautes andecolus (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The Andean Swift (Aeronautes andecolus) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

>Aeronautes montivagus (White-tipped Swift)

White-tipped Swift

 

White-tipped Swift
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Apodidae
Genus:	Aeronautes
Species:	A. montivagus
Binomial name
Aeronautes montivagus (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

>Aeronautes saxatalis (White-throated Swift)

White-throated Swift

White-throated Swift
Spokane County, Washington
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Apodidae
Genus:	Aeronautes
Species:	A. saxatalis
Binomial name
Aeronautes saxatalis (Woodhouse, 1853)
Subspecies
Aeronautes saxatalis nigrior Aeronatues saxatalis saxatalis

The White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) is a swift of the family Apodidae native to western North America, south to cordilleran western Honduras. It is migratory, and travels to the southern part of its range in winter, as far north along the Pacific coast as the Californian Central Valley; inland its range extends throughout the Great Basin region to extreme southern British Columbia.

Reaching a length of 16.5 cm (6.5 inches), with a wingspan of 35.5 cm (14 inches), the White-throated Swift is distinguished from other North American swifts by the whitish throat patch, which extends down to the belly. The upperparts, belly, and sides of the breast are black, and the underwings are gray.

Like all swifts, White-throated Swifts use their short legs only for clinging onto vertical surfaces or wires, and never land on the ground voluntarily.

>>>Tribe Apodini >>Genus Aeronautes

Aeronautes

Aeronautes
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) in Washington
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Apodidae
Genus:	Aeronautes Hartert, 1892
Species
see text

Aeronautes is a genus of swifts in the Apodidae family.

It contains the following species:

• White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
• White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus)
• Andean Swift (Aeronautes andecolus)