Chapman sailor

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Chapman sailor
Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Sailors (Apodidae)
Tribe : Chaeturini
Genre : True spiny-tailed swift ( Chaetura )
Type : Chapman sailor
Scientific name
Chaetura chapmani
Hellmayr , 1907

The Chapmansegler ( Chaetura chapmani ) is a species of bird in the family of sailors (Apodidae). The species has a large distribution area that includes the South American countries Brazil , Colombia , French Guiana , Guyana , Panama ; Includes Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .

features

The Chapman sailor reaches a body length of about 13 to 14 centimeters. This species of the genus Chaetura is strikingly black. The upper part is black, while the surface of the upper wings and the back is colored green in the new plumage and blue in the older ones. The rump is dark brown and therefore only slightly paler than the back. The bottom part is soot gray throughout. The neck is only slightly lighter so that the different shading is hardly noticeable.

Habitat

Very little is known about the habitat of the Chapman sailor. It moves at heights of 100 to 1600 meters. It is not entirely clear whether it is a migratory bird that only spends the breeding season in a certain area, or whether it stays there all the time.

behavior

The Chapman sailor can often be seen in groups with other sailors, especially those of the Chaetura species.

Subspecies

In the past, Chaetura chapmani viridipennis was considered a subspecies of Chaetura chapmani . After studying the habitus and morphometric analysis, Manuel Marín came to the conclusion in 2000 that Chaetura viridipennis is a species of its own. This opinion is shared by the South American Classification Committee .

literature

  • Steven L. Hilty , William L. Brown: A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press, 1986, p. 279, ISBN 978-0-691-08372-8 , p. 246.
  • Robert S. Ridgely and John A. Gwynne: Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. Princeton, 1992, ISBN 978-0-691-02512-4 , p. 202.
  • Manuel Marín, Species limits and distribution of some New World spine-tailed swifts (Chaetura spp.) , Ornitologia Neotropical, Vol 11: pp 93-107, 2000.
  • Charles Thompson Collins: Notes on the biology of Chapman's swift Chaetura chapmani (Aves, Apodidae) , American Museum novitates, No. 2320, 1968.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry Avibase Chapmansegler
  2. ↑ Chaetura chapmani in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
  3. ↑ Chapman's Swift Internet Bird Collection
  4. ↑ Ornitologia Neotropical Article (PDF; 559 kB)
  5. ↑ SACC ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museum.lsu.edu
  6. ↑ American Museum novitates, No. 2320, 1968 Notes on the biology of Chapman's swift Chaetura chapmani (Aves, Apodidae) (English; PDF; 3.4 MB) Original article