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Short-tailed Swift / Chaetura brachyura

Short-tailed Swift bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsShort tailed Swift, Short-tailed or Tumbes Swift, Dark-breasted Swift
Old latin name for birdAcanthylis brachyura
OrderSwifts and hummingbirds / Apodiformes
FamilySwifts / Apodidae
GenusChaetura
Breeding regionMiddle America, South America
Breeding subregionPanama through Amazonia

Short-tailed Swift bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight calls, © Paul Coopmans
    Peru
  • 2.
    Flight calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
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    Flight calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 4.
    Flight call, song, © Oswaldo Cortes
    Colombia
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    Flight call, song, © Oswaldo Cortes
    Colombia
  • 6.
    Calls, © Niels Krabbe
    Ecuador
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    Flight call, song, © Oswaldo Cortes
    Colombia
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    Calls at rest, © Alexandre Renaudier
    French Guiana
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    Flight calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
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    Flight calls, songs, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Ashy-tailed Swift
Costa Rican Swift
Vaux's Swift
Pale-rumped Swift
Chimney Swift
Band-rumped Swift
Sick's Swift
Lesser Antillean Swift
Grey-rumped Swift
All related species (10)

Where to see Short-tailed Swift

Short-tailed Swift subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Chaetura brachyura brachyuraPanama to Trinidad and the Guianas s to wc Brazil and n Bolivia-No
Chaetura brachyura cinereocaudanc Brazil-No
Chaetura brachyura ocypetessw Ecuador and nw Peru-No
Chaetura brachyura praeveloxGrenada, St. Vincent and Tobago (s Lesser Antilles)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanfalciot cuaespinós de cua curta
Chinese短尾雨燕
Chinese (Traditional)短刺尾雨燕
Croatiansvjetlorepa čiopa
Czechrorýs krátkoocasý
DanishKorthalet Tornhalesejler
DutchKortstaartgierzwaluw
EsperantoKurt-pinglovostulo
Estoniannudi-kammsaba
Finnishlyhytpyrstökiitäjä, Tynkäkiitäjä
FrenchMartinet polioure ou M. de Tumbes, Martinet polioure
GermanStutzschwanzsegler
Hungariancsököttfarkú sarlósfecske
ItalianRondone codacorta, Rondone codaspinosa codacorta
Japaneseタンビハリオアマツバメ, タンビアメリカハリオアマツバメ
Lithuaniantrumpauodegė chetura
NorwegianKorthaleseiler, korthaleseiler
Norwegian NynorskKorthaleseglar
Polishkominiarczyk krótkosterny, Komniarczyk krótkosterny
Portuguesetaperá-de-cauda-curta, andorinhão-de-cauda-curta, Andorinhão-de-cauda-curta, andorinhão-de-rabo-curto
RussianИглохвост короткохвостый, Короткохвостый иглохвост
SerbianKratkorepa čiopa
Slovaksrp krátkochvostý
SpanishVencejo Coliblanco, Vencejo de Cola Blanca, Vencejo Rabicorto, Vencejo rabón
Swedishkortstjärtad seglare
TurkishGüdük iğnekuyruk, Güdük İğnekuyruk
Ukrainianголкохвіст вохристогузий