Chapman's Swift (Chaetura chapmani)

Other Names (World)
Chapman's Swift, Dark-breasted Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hellmayr, 1907

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B), Colombia (B), French Guiana (B), Guyana (B), Suriname (B), Trinidad and Tobago (B), Venezuela (B).

Vagrant to Panama (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Chapman's Swift (Chaetura chapmani) [XC272068]
by Peter Boesman from Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Suriname (call)

Chapman's Swift (Chaetura chapmani) [XC755282]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Sinop, Mato Grosso, Rio azul, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
Chaetura chapmani (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Chapman's Swift (Chaetura chapmani) and Mato Grosso Swift (Chaetura viridipennis) following SACC (2005).

Previously considered conspecific with Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) and Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi). Recent proposal to raise viridipennis to full species, but this is not universally accepted. Nominate subspecies may consist of two disjunct populations, representing different subspecies, one in lowlands from central Panama to northern Colombia, the other from eastern Venezuela to north-eastern Brazil, with intervening gap (western and northern Venezuela) occupied by Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

chapmani Hellmayr, 1907 - Central Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to north-eastern Brazil.
viridipennis Cherrie, 1916 - Tropical eastern Peru to eastern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Mato Grosso Swift (Chaetura viridipennis).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chapmans Swift (Chaetura chapmani) - 10 files

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