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Vaux's Swift
Chaetura vauxi
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Vaux's Swift
Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) is a small swift native to North America, Central America, and northern South America. It was named for the American scientist William Sansom Vaux.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Chaetura vauxi
- Family
- Swifts
- Order
- Apodiformes
Similar species
Other members of the swifts family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
- Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Mariana Swiftlet Aerodramus bartschi
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- White-fronted Swift Cypseloides storeri
- White-naped Swift Streptoprocne semicollaris
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