Roadless Areas
Home/Species/ White-throated Swift

Aeronautes saxatalis

(Woodhouse, 1853)

White-throated Swift

G5Secure Found in 71 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106570
Element CodeABNUA06010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyApodidae
GenusAeronautes
Other Common Names
Martinet à gorge blanche (FR) Vencejo Pecho Blanco (ES) white-throated swift (EN)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-04-06
Change Date1996-12-02
Range Extent Comments
BREEDING: southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, to Montana, northwestern South Dakota, northwestern Nebraska, southeastern Wyoming, eastern Colorado, New Mexico, western Texas, west to southern California, central Arizona, south through Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. NON-BREEDING: central California, central Arizona (rarely southern New Mexico) south to limits of breeding range (AOU 1983).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Primarily mountainous country, especially near cliffs and canyons where breeding occurs; forages over forest and open situations in a variety of habitats (Subtropical and Temperate zones) (AOU 1983). Nests in rock crevices in cliffs and canyons. Sometimes nests in buildings, and on seacliffs.

Reproduction

Copulation occurs in the air. Clutch size 3-6 (usually 4-5).
Terrestrial Habitats
CliffAerial
Palustrine Habitats
Aerial
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5B,N4N
ProvinceRankNative
OregonS4Yes
New MexicoS3B,S4NYes
IdahoS4BYes
ColoradoS5BYes
NebraskaS3Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
ArizonaS5Yes
TexasS4BYes
Navajo NationS5BYes
WyomingS5B,S5NYes
NevadaS3Yes
WashingtonS3BYes
South DakotaS4BYes
UtahS3Yes
MontanaS5BYes
CanadaN3B
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS3BYes
Roadless Areas (71)
Arizona (9)
AreaForestAcres
Barbershop CanyonCoconino National Forest1,311
ChiricahuaCoronado National Forest76,876
East Clear CreekCoconino National Forest1,613
GaliuroCoronado National Forest28,333
GoldfieldTonto National Forest15,257
Middle Dragoon RoadlessCoronado National Forest10,543
Santa TeresaCoronado National Forest8,929
Sierra Ancha Wilderness ContiguousTonto National Forest7,787
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
California (25)
AreaForestAcres
AgnewSequoia National Forest9,561
Arroyo SecoAngeles National Forest4,703
Black ButteLos Padres National Forest5,116
CamuesaLos Padres National Forest8,209
Cucamonga AAngeles National Forest1,249
CuyamaLos Padres National Forest19,631
Ferguson RidgeSierra National Forest6,104
Fish CanyonAngeles National Forest29,886
Fox MountainLos Padres National Forest52,072
Greenhorn CreekSequoia National Forest28,226
Magic MountainAngeles National Forest15,542
Mill CreekSequoia National Forest27,643
Mill PeakSan Bernardino National Forest7,884
QuatalLos Padres National Forest7,253
San Gabriel AddAngeles National Forest2,527
San JoaquinSierra National Forest22,474
Santa CruzLos Padres National Forest21,182
Sespe - FrazierAngeles National Forest4,254
ShuteyeSierra National Forest7,313
Strawberry PeakAngeles National Forest7,245
TequepisLos Padres National Forest9,080
TrabucoCleveland National Forest23,341
WestforkAngeles National Forest4,407
Wonoga Pk.Inyo National Forest11,272
WoolstaffSequoia National Forest41,445
Colorado (2)
AreaForestAcres
Bristol HeadRio Grande NF46,087
HermosaSan Juan NF148,103
Idaho (2)
AreaForestAcres
Borah PeakSalmon-Challis National Forest130,463
Italian PeakCaribou-Targhee National Forest141,158
Montana (2)
AreaForestAcres
BridgerGallatin National Forest45,059
Italian PeakBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest90,401
Nevada (4)
AreaForestAcres
Butler Mtn.Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest25,878
Cave CreekHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest6,145
Duck Creek Mtns.Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest12,165
South SchellHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest125,614
New Mexico (8)
AreaForestAcres
Arroyo de los FrijolesSanta Fe National Forest5,277
Bull CanyonCarson National Forest11,512
Chama WS RiverSanta Fe National Forest4,168
Devils CreekGila National Forest89,916
Last Chance CanyonLincoln National Forest8,934
Ortega PeakLincoln National Forest11,545
Virgin CanyonSanta Fe National Forest6,068
West Face Sacramento MountainsLincoln National Forest41,176
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
Imnaha FaceWallowa-Whitman National Forest29,575
Utah (16)
AreaForestAcres
418014Uinta National Forest9,683
418016Uinta National Forest35,240
418024Uinta National Forest51,699
418025Uinta National Forest32,698
Boulder Mtn. / Boulder Top / Deer LakeDixie National Forest110,690
CottonwoodDixie National Forest6,754
FishhookDixie National Forest12,959
Happy ValleyDixie National Forest14,458
Hog RanchDixie National Forest17,130
Jake HollowDixie National Forest15,146
Lone Peak ContiguousWasatch-Cache National Forest874
Long Neck Mesa / Steep Creek / Oak Creek - Steep Creek / OakDixie National Forest55,489
Mt. AireWasatch-Cache National Forest9,681
Pine Valley MountainsDixie National Forest57,673
Red Canyon NorthDixie National Forest9,973
Wayne WonderlandFishlake National Forest12,395
Washington (1)
AreaForestAcres
Granite MountainOkanogan National Forest27,428
Wyoming (1)
AreaForestAcres
Cloud Peak ContiguousBighorn National Forest113,757
References (13)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
  3. BirdLife International. 2004b. Threatened birds of the world 2004. CD ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  4. Bull, E. L., & A. K. Blumton. 1997. Roosting behavior of postfledging Vaux's Swifts in northeastern Oregon. Journal of Field Ornithology 68:302--305.
  5. Bureau of Land Management. Life History Summaries.
  6. Dobkin, D. S., J. A. Holmes, and B. A. Wilcox. 1986. Traditional nest-site use by White-throated Swifts. Condor 88:252-253.
  7. Harrison, C. 1978. A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds. Collins, Cleveland, Ohio.
  8. Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  9. Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases for neotropical birds. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  10. Pitmann, R. L. and L. T. Ballance. 2002. The changing status of marine birds breeding at San Benedicto Island, Mexico. Wilson Bulletin 114:11-19.
  11. Ryan, T. P., and C. T. Collins. 2000. White-throated Swift (AERONAUTES SAXATALIS). No. 526 IN A. Poole and F. Gill, editors, The birds of North America. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 20 pp.
  12. Sibley, D. A. 2000a. The Sibley guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  13. Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.