{"id":9349,"date":"2016-06-14T17:03:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T16:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=9349"},"modified":"2021-08-01T07:47:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T06:47:20","slug":"alpine-swift-apus-melba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=9349","title":{"rendered":"Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– medium-sized near-passerine, significantly larger than Common Swift<\/a>
\n– diurnal\/nocturnal migrant
\n– migrates singly or in small very loose parties<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF2589, 16\/05\/2008, Monfrague, Spain, Martin Grimm
\n– unmistakable!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, 2CY<\/strong>
\nBIF3549, 19\/07\/2021, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– worn primaries, pale fringed undertail coverts and shape of the outermost tail feather suggest 2CY<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3535, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke
\n– odd wingshape due to growing inner primaries and secondaries (postbreeding moult in summer)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3536, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, prob. 2CY<\/strong>
\nBIF3537, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, prob. 2CY<\/strong>
\nBIF3538, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3539, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3540, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3332, 28\/05\/2020, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3333, 28\/05\/2020, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– sandy brown upperside (cf. Common Swift<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3334, 28\/05\/2020, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nCommon Swift Apus a. apus<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3335, 28\/05\/2020, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n– note the distinct difference in size<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nCommon Swift Apus a. apus<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3336, 28\/05\/2020, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis melba<\/em> ssp.<\/strong>
\nBIF2590, 28\/01\/2014, Fort Portal, Uganda, Mathias Putze
\n– very long wings and white belly diagnostic even at greater distance<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3542, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3541, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3550, 19\/07\/2021, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF3551, 19\/07\/2021, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– in flight a diagnostic, unmistakable but very variable trill
\n– sometimes single or repeated whistled excitement calls (overslur<\/em>)
\n– no knowledge about sexual dimorphism in calls (like in Apus<\/em> swifts)
\n– very vocal during migration (COFTA 2021), though no knowledge about distinct ‘migration calls’
\n– might be much more vocal on spring migration (advertising)<\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BIF3531-1_PFR18066_1-11_210720_BIO_aswift-melba-1-FC_d_bw_freiburg_MS-60_702_D.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, calls in flight<\/strong>
\nBIF3531, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BIF3532-1_PFR18074_1-11_210720_BIO_aswift-melba-FL-FC_d_bw_freiburg_MS-60_702_C.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, calls in flight<\/strong>
\nBIF3532, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BIF3533-1_PFR18072_1-11_210720_BIO_aswift-melba-FL-FC-SOCGIGIG_d_bw_freiburg_MS-60_702_D.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, calls in flight, excitement call<\/strong>
\nBIF3533, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BIF3534-1_PFR18071_1-11_210720_BIO_aswift-melba-FL-FC-ECWHISTLE_d_bw_freiburg_MS-60_702_C.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba<\/em>, calls in flight, excitement call<\/strong>
\nBIF3534, 20\/07\/2021, Freiburg, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Common Swift<\/a> (v)
\nPallid Swift<\/a> (v)
\nPacific Swift<\/a> (v)<\/p>\n

#swift #nearpasserine<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/strong>
\nCofta T 2021, Flight Identification of European Passerines, Princeton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – medium-sized near-passerine, significantly larger than Common Swift – diurnal\/nocturnal migrant – migrates singly or in small very loose parties >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Alpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba, AD BIF2589, 16\/05\/2008, Monfrague, Spain, Martin Grimm – unmistakable! Alpine Swift Tachymarptis m. melba, 2CY BIF3549, 19\/07\/2021, Karlsruhe, Germany, Mathias Putze – worn … Continue reading Alpine Swift
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