Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Chimney Swift
The Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 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: breeds eastern North America; winters in coastal Peru and northern Chile, in Amazonian Peru, and probably in western BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetura pelagica
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Chimney Swift
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo Pelagica
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America, i.e. South Carolina.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.192
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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