Costa Rican Swift
Chaetura fumosaSalvin, O, 1870
English (US) Costa Rican Swift
The Costa Rican Swift (Chaetura fumosa) 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.
Range: southwestern Costa Rica and western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetura fumosa
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Costa Rican Swift
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1870
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1870
- Type locality
- Bogaba, ChiriquÃ.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, pt.2 p.204
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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