Grey-rumped Swift
A species of New World Needle-tailed Swifts Scientific name : Chaetura cinereiventris Genus : New World Needle-tailed Swifts
Grey-rumped Swift, A species of New World Needle-tailed Swifts
Botanical name: Chaetura cinereiventris
Genus: New World Needle-tailed Swifts
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Description
Photo By Nikolaj Mølgaard Thomsen 
Description
The grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) is a small swift. This species breeds in hill forests from Nicaragua south to Peru, Brazil and northern Argentina, and Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. The nest is a half saucer of twigs glued to the inside of a tree hole, chimney or similar shaded location with saliva. The grey-rumped swift is 11.5 cm long and weighs 15 g. The upperparts are black with a grey triangular band across the rump, and the underparts are slate grey. It has a long black-grey tail. The grey-rumped swift feeds in flight on flying insects. It is often low over roads or clearings in the morning or evening, rising high above the forest, often with other swifts, in the middle of the day. The grey-rumped swift has a chittering call. 
Size
10 cm
Life Expectancy
7 years
Feeding Habits
Grey-rumped Swift primarily feeds on a variety of flying insects such as ants, bees, wasps, beetles, and flies, captured on the wing using its agile flight abilities, reflecting a specialized aerial foraging behavior adapted to consuming fast-moving prey.
Habitat
Grey-rumped Swift typically inhabits various tropical forest ecosystems, including lowland evergreen forests, montane evergreen forests, and areas with flooded tropical evergreen forests. Also found in secondary forests, these birds are adapted to life from sea-level up to altitudes of 1800 meters. They are particularly associated with forested slopes and areas of regrowth, where their presence may prevail over regions of young secondary forest.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Photo By Nikolaj Mølgaard Thomsen 
Scientific Classification
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