Birds of Costa Rica

    APODIFORMES: Apodidae (Swifts)  
Genus: Chaetura (4 species, 11 worldwide)


Grey-rumped Swift
Grey-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
InĂ­rida, GuainĂ­a, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Robert Lockett   © All Rights Reserved.

Uniformly grey from below with light grey rump, and darker on back. Note wing shape and square tail.

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Costa Rican Swift (Chaetura fumosa)
   



Chimney Swift
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Vulnerable
Texas, United States  
   
Photograph by Jim McCulloch     Copyright and usage info

A uniformly colored small swift which migrates from eastern North America, passing quickly through Central America, to South America. Vaux's Swift is similar, but has a paler throat and rump, and stops its migration in Central America.

Vaux's Swift
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
Sunnyvale, California,  
   
Photograph by Julio Mulero     Copyright and usage info

Northern migrant. Migrates from northwest United States and southwest Canada to Central America and the northernmost parts of South America. Similar to Chimney Swift, but note pale throat and rump.


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