Tepui Swift
Streptoprocne phelpsi(Collins, CT, 1972)
English (US) Tepui Swift
The Tepui Swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: tepuis of southern Venezuela, adjacent northwestern Guyana, and northern Brazil (Roraima)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Streptoprocne phelpsi
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tepui Swift
- Described by
- (Collins, CT, 1972)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cypseloides phelpsi
- Described by
- (Collins, CT, 1972)
- Type locality
- Mt. Auyan-tepui, Venezuela
- Original description
- Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 229 p.4 [1-9]
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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