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Formerly placed in genus Acanthylis with following three species. Subspecies fumosa previously given species status.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

• fumosa Salvin, 1870   -  Costa Rica, western Panama and northern Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Costa Rican Swift (Chaetura fumosa).
• aetherodroma Wetmore, 1951   -  Eastern Panama to southern Ecuador.
• spinicaudus (Temminck, 1839)   -  Eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil (northern Amapa).
• latirostris Zimmer and Phelps, 1952   -  Southern Venezuela to Brazilian border and Delta Amacuro.
• aethalea Todd, 1937   -  Central Brazil.

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