Short-tailed Swift

Chaetura brachyura - Martinet polioure

Systematics

Order
:
Apodiformes
Family
:
Apodidés
Genus
:
Chaetura
Species
:
brachyura

Descriptor

Jardine, 1846

Biometrics

Size
: 10 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura) is a species of bird in the Apodidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Chaetura brachyura brachyura (Panama to Trinidad and the Guianas south to wc Brazil and n Bolivia)
Chaetura brachyura praevelox (Granada, St. Vincent and Tobago. s lesser Antilles.)
Chaetura brachyura ocypetes (sw Ecuador, nw Peru)
Chaetura brachyura cinereocauda (nc Brazil)

Foreign names

Martinet polioure,
Vencejo rabón,
andorinhão-de-rabo-curto,
Stutzschwanzsegler,
csököttfarkú sarlósfecske,
Kortstaartgierzwaluw,
Rondone codacorta,
kortstjärtad seglare,
Korthaleseiler,
srp krátkochvostý,
rorýs krátkoocasý,
Korthalet Tornhalesejler,
lyhytpyrstökiitäjä,
falciot cuaespinós de cua curta,
kominiarczyk krótkosterny,
Короткохвостый иглохвост,
タンビハリオアマツバメ,
短尾雨燕,
短刺尾雨燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest