Chapman's Swift
Chaetura chapmaniHellmayr, CE, 1907
English (US) Chapman's Swift
The Chapman's Swift (Chaetura chapmani) 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 chapmani
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chapman's Swift
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1907
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chaetura chapmani chapmani
- Chaetura chapmani viridipennis
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1907
- Type locality
- Caparo, Trinidad.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 19 p.62
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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