White-chested Swift (Cypseloides lemosi) - BirdLife species factsheet

White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Threatened

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	21,700 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'rare and patchily distributed' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and the use of agrochemicals (del Hoyo et al. 1999).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
Colombia	extant	native		yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Ecuador	Cordillera de Huacamayos-San Isidro-Sierra Azul
Ecuador	Montañas de Zapote-Najda

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	major	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	1000 - 1300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-chested-swift-cypseloides-lemosi on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.