Chestnut-collared Swift
Streptoprocne rutila(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Chestnut-collared Swift
The Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila) 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
- Streptoprocne rutila
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-collared Swift
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Streptoprocne rutila griseifrons
- Streptoprocne rutila brunnitorques
- Streptoprocne rutila rutila
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo rutila
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Locality unknown = Guiana.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 14 p.528
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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