Apodiformes (Trochiliformes)

       APODIDAE        FAMILY DID NOT PAMPEANA

    Swifts. 8 species in Argentina. Gregarious. Flight fast and winding. We pose vertically into rock walls.
From dark color (black or brown). Beak short and very wide at the base. Legs short, with "pads" by way of suction cups on the heels and nails strong.
Tail rigid with bones, which support to settle.

They feed on insects that hunt in flight. Nest in rock walls, which put several eggs whites.

       TROCHILIDAE

    Hummingbirds. 29 species in Argentina. Very typical. Small. Recall insects. Fly fast, agile, even backwards.
It was kept in the air in front of flowers. Striking coloration, with metallic reflections. Beak long, thin.
Legs small.

They feed on nectar, pollen and small insects. Build nests at low altitudes where small place two egg whites. Polygamous.