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Short-tailed Swift / Chaetura brachyura LC

  • Synonyms Short tailed Swift, Short-tailed or Tumbes Swift, Dark-breasted Swift
  • Old latin name for bird Acanthylis brachyura

Short-tailed Swiftbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, song, © JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA
    Brazil
  • 2.
    Flight calls, © Paul Coopmans
    Peru
  • 3.
    Flight calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 4.
    Flight calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 5.
    Flight calls, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 6.
    Flight call, song, © Oswaldo Cortes
    Colombia
  • 7.
    Flight calls, songs, © John V. Moore
    Ecuador
  • 8.
    Flight call, song, © Oswaldo Cortes
    Colombia
  • 9.
    Calls at rest, © Alexandre Renaudier
    French Guiana
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Ashy-tailed Swift
Costa Rican Swift
Chapman's Swift
Chimney Swift
Grey-rumped Swift
Sick's Swift
Pale-rumped Swift
Lesser Antillean Swift
All related species (10)
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Where to see Short-tailed Swift

  • Breeding region Middle America, South America
  • Breeding subregion Panama through Amazonia

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

Species Name in Other Languages

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
FinnishTynkäkiitäjä, lyhytpyrstökiitäjä
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
Norwegian NynorskKorthaleseglar
PolishKomniarczyk krótkosterny, kominiarczyk krótkosterny
Portugueseandorinhão-de-cauda-curta, taperá-de-cauda-curta, Andorinhão-de-cauda-curta, andorinhão-de-rabo-curto
RussianИглохвост короткохвостый, Короткохвостый иглохвост
SerbianKratkorepa čiopa
Slovaksrp krátkochvostý
SpanishVencejo rabón, Vencejo de Cola Blanca, Vencejo Rabicorto, Vencejo Coliblanco
Swedishkortstjärtad seglare
TurkishGüdük İğnekuyruk, Güdük iğnekuyruk
Ukrainianголкохвіст вохристогузий