Key Identification Features
- With careful observation, the Pacific swift can be distinguished by its deeper tail fork, longer wings, larger head, larger white throat patch, and patterned underparts.
- Gray, 1830)) are easily identified by their small size.
- Each subspecies of the grey-rumped swift has a distinct distribution.
- A key distinguishing feature between the two species is that the glossy swiftlet has a feather tuft on its hind toe, while the cave swiftlet has a naked hind toe.
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