Known from the discs' own bird lists
Ashy-tailed Swift
chaetura meridionalis
Apodidae,Apodinae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
13.5 cm. A medium sized swift with a short square tail, clumsier and bigger than chaetura cinereiventris; the rectrix spines stick out about 2 mm beyond the web; above sooty olive brown with a light bronzy sheen; moderately paler gray rump and upper tail coverts; a pale gray to almost white throat and a pale gray crissum, the rest of underparts dark brown.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
In the air a thin "chi..chi..chi..chi..".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Summer visitor, mostly in small foraging groups.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
Nests October-Nevember in chimneys and caves, hollow trees.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Rather common in lowland forest and borders, secondary forest and scrub, towns and cities. Lowlands to 1600 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
Bigger and clumsier than Chaetura cinereiventris with a dark brown belly and pale throat and crissum. More prone to be found over towns. Chaetura andrei meridionalis is the subspecies in SE Brasil (194).
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 2 · 2001
Calls. 10/17/99, Puruba Road. Cloudy, 20°C. Coastal scrub. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Calls while flying by. 10/22/99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Hotel do Ype. Clear evening, 25°C. Forest clearing. With Cacicus haemorrhous, Zonotrichia capensis. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Disc 1 · 2011
Calls. 10/17/99, Puruba Road. Cloudy, 20°C. Coastal scrub. Disc 1 · 2011
Calls while flying by. 10/22/99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Hotel do Ype. Clear evening, 25°C. Forest clearing. With Cacicus haemorrhous, Zonotrichia capensis. Disc 1 · 2011
Calls, Itatiaya, Estado Rio de Janeiro. November 21, 1999. Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Names by release
- Ashy-tailed Swift chaetura meridionalis Disc 2 · 2001
- Ashy-tailed Swift chaetura andrei Disc 3 · 2006, Disc 1 · 2011
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: ANRB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: ANRB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PASB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: ANRB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PASB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd