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6 April 2022 First record of the Tepui Swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi) breeding on Mount Roraima, Venezuela
Renata N. Biancalana, Robson A. Zampaulo, Júlio C. R. Costa
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Abstract

We report the first photographic record of the nest and nestling of the Tepui Swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi) on the top of Mount Roraima, in Venezuela. Two adults and one nestling were observed on a nest in September 2017, at an elevation of 2,630 m, at the entrance of the Cueva del Hotel Guácharos (Ojos de Cristal Cave System), making this the highest record in altitude for the species in the Pantepui region.

Renata N. Biancalana, Robson A. Zampaulo, and Júlio C. R. Costa "First record of the Tepui Swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi) breeding on Mount Roraima, Venezuela," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133(4), 682-685, (6 April 2022). https://doi.org/10.1676/21-00050
Received: 28 April 2021; Accepted: 1 October 2021; Published: 6 April 2022
KEYWORDS
Apodidae
breeding
Cave
nestling
Pantepui
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