White-throated Swift

Aeronautes saxatalis

Order

APODIFORMES

Family

Swifts (Apodidae)

Code 4

WTSW

Code 6

AERSAX

ITIS

Breeding Location:

Mountains, Desert, Rocky places

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Colonial

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Well-rounded cup of feathers and grasses glued together with saliva.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

White-throated Swift: Medium-sized swift, mostly brown-black except for white throat, white patches on belly and flanks, and white edges on wings. Face is pale gray and has dark eye patch. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

White-throated Swift: Breeds from British Columbia through the Rocky Mountains and in the southwest, including California. Spends winters from central California and the southwest to Central America. Arid mountains or other rocky areas are preferred habitats.

Breeding and Nesting

White-throated Swift: Three to six white eggs are laid in a nest made of feathers glued together with saliva, and built in a cleft of a cliff. Incubation ranges from 19 to 21 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

White-throated Swift: Feeds on flying insects; forages in flight.

Vocalization

White-throated Swift: Call is a prolonged series of grating notes "jee-jee-jee-jee-jee."

Similar Species

White-throated Swift: Chimney Swift is larger, with longer wings, darker rump and throat, and different call.

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Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America