Lesser Antillean Swift
Chaetura martinica(Hermann, J, 1783)
English (US) Lesser Antillean Swift
The Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica) 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: Guadeloupe to St. Vincent (central and southern Lesser Antilles)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetura martinica
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Antillean Swift
- Described by
- (Hermann, J, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo martinica
- Described by
- (Hermann, J, 1783)
- Type locality
- Martinique, West Indies.
- Original description
- Tabula affinitatum animalium (etc.) p.229
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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