Not far from Rainbow Cave on the Sacred Mountain in what is now New Mexico, Hummingbird Hoya lived with his beloved grandmother long ago. “I think I will go to Kiakima to see what their clansmen are doing,” Hoya said one day to his beloved grandmother. Because he was so small and wanted to be […]
Category: Apodidae
The nesting of Chaetura andrei meridionalis
Sicks Swift (Chaetura andrei) Science Article 1 abstract On the middle Rio das Mortes (15 o S., 52 o 15′ W. Greenwich), Mato Grosso, Brazil, I frequently observed a swift that inhabited principally the extensive groves of ‘buritf’ palms. On October 15, 1946, I located two nests of the species. One was torn from its […]
Notes on the Biology of Chapman’s SwiftChaetura chapmani (Aves, Apodidae)
Sicks Swift (Chaetura meridionalis) Science Article 2 abstract In the rolling terrain of the central hills of Trinidad, Frank M. Chapman collected a large series of swifts, among which were eight specimens representing a previously unknown species. These specimens, taken between March 15 and March 27, 1894, near the town of Caparo, Caroni County, were […]
Notes on the Biology of Chapmans SwiftChaetura chapmani (Aves, Apodidae)
Chapmans Swift (Chaetura chapmani) Science Article 1 abstract In the rolling terrain of the central hills of Trinidad, Frank M. Chapman collected a large series of swifts, among which were eight specimens representing a previously unknown species. These specimens, taken between March 15 and March 27, 1894, near the town of Caparo, Caroni County, were […]
THE NESTING OF CHaeTURA ANDREI MERIDIONALIS
Sicks Swift (Chaetura meridionalis) Science Article 1 abstract On the middle Rio das Mortes (15 o S., 52 o 15′ W. Greenwich), Mato Grosso, Brazil, I frequently observed a swift that inhabited principally the extensive groves of ‘buritf’ palms. On October 15, 1946, I located two nests of the species. One was torn from its […]
Notes on the nesting of the Cayenne Swift in Surinam.-
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) Science Article 2 abstract nest of the Cayenne Swift (Punyptila cayennensis) is one of the most remarkable structures built by any bird in tropical South America. Although the nest has been known for some time, I am not aware of the existence of satisfactory photographs showing a nest in situ. […]
Notes on the nesting of the Cayenne Swift in Surinam.-
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) Science Article 2 abstract nest of the Cayenne Swift (Punyptila cayennensis) is one of the most remarkable structures built by any bird in tropical South America. Although the nest has been known for some time, I am not aware of the existence of satisfactory photographs showing a nest in situ. […]
Nesting of the Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Panyptila cayennensis, in Guatemala.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) Science Article 1 abstract Although the Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift has been taken in most of the Central American republics, the small population which has been reported in the lowlands of southeastern Mexico (southern Veracruz) was thought to be separated from the more southern populations by a great expanse of territory […]
Nesting of the Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Panyptila cayennensis, in Guatemala.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) Science Article 1 abstract Although the Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift has been taken in most of the Central American republics, the small population which has been reported in the lowlands of southeastern Mexico (southern Veracruz) was thought to be separated from the more southern populations by a great expanse of territory […]
Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Apus apus (Linnaeus1758), the common swift (Aves; Apodiformes; Apodidae), withphylogenetic implications
Common Swift (Apus apus) Science Article 4 abstract The spermatozoon of Apus apus is typical of non-passerines in many respects. Features shared with palaeognaths and the Galloanserae are the conical acrosome, shorter than the nucleus Barrie G. M. Jamieson and Sandro Tripepi, Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 86: 239-244 (October 2005) Download article download full text (pdf)