Grey-rumped Swift
Chaetura cinereiventrisSclater, PL, 1862
English (US) Gray-rumped Swift
UK name: Grey-rumped Swift
The Grey-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) 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 cinereiventris
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-rumped Swift
- English (UK)
- Grey-rumped Swift
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1862
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Chaetura cinereiventris phaeopygos
- Chaetura cinereiventris lawrencei
- Chaetura cinereiventris schistacea
- Chaetura cinereiventris guianensis
- Chaetura cinereiventris occidentalis
- Chaetura cinereiventris sclateri
- Chaetura cinereiventris cinereiventris
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1862
- Type locality
- Bahia.
- Original description
- Catalogue of a collection of American birds p.283
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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