Southern Swift (Chaetura meridionalis)

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
12.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hellmayr, 1907

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela.

Eastern and south-eastern Bolivia, south-eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina. Winters north to Panama, Colombia and French Guiana.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (74)...)

Sick's Swift (Chaetura meridionalis) [XC753745]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o, Praia da Jur\u00e9ia S\u00e3o Paulo-SP Brasil, Brazil (flight call, song)

Sick's Swift (Chaetura meridionalis) [XC273155]
by Robson Silva e Silva from Calilegua NP, Jujuy, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
Chaetura Andrei (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Southern Swift (Chaetura meridionalis) with the remainder lumped with Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) following SACC (2005).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Ashy-tailed Swift (Chaetura andrei).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Southern Swift see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Southern Swift

If you would like to read any articles about the Southern Swift...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Southern Swift

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Southern Swift or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (3)

No Videos of Southern Swift

If Birdpedia has no videos of Southern Swift or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)