Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi - Martinet de Vaux

Martinet de Vaux
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Apodidés

  • Genus
    :

    Chaetura

  • Species
    :

    vauxi

Descriptor

Townsend, JK, 1839

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 12 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Martinet de Vaux

Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) is a species of bird in the Apodidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

  • Chaetura vauxi vauxi (w Canada to sw USA)
  • Chaetura vauxi tamaulipensis (e Mexico)
  • Chaetura vauxi warneri (w Mexico)
  • Chaetura vauxi richmondi (s Mexico to Costa Rica)
  • Chaetura vauxi gaumeri (Yucatán Pen. and Cozumel I.. Mexico.)
  • Chaetura vauxi ochropygia (e Panama)
  • Chaetura vauxi aphanes (n Venezuela)

Foreign names

  • Martinet de Vaux,
  • Vencejo de Vaux,
  • andorinhão-pardo,
  • Graubauchsegler,
  • Vaux-sarlósfecske,
  • Vaux' Gierzwaluw,
  • Rondone di Vaux,
  • småseglare,
  • Brunseiler,
  • srp Vauxov,
  • rorýs srpokřídlý,
  • Brun Tornhalesejler,
  • lännenkiitäjä,
  • falciot cuaespinós de Vaux,
  • kominiarczyk szarobrzuchy,
  • Voksa svīre,
  • Серобрюхий иглохвост,
  • ノドジロハリオアマツバメ,
  • 沃氏雨燕,
  • 黑背刺尾雨燕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

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

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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