Short-tailed Swift
Chaetura brachyura(Jardine, W, 1846)
English (US) Short-tailed Swift
The Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Chaetura brachyura
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Short-tailed Swift
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1846)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Chaetura brachyura praevelox
- Chaetura brachyura brachyura
- Chaetura brachyura ocypetes
- Chaetura brachyura cinereocauda
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Acanthylis brachyura
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1846)
- Type locality
- Tobago.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.18, no.117 p.120
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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