Chaetura is a genus of needletail swifts found in the Americas. Although they resemble swallows, the two are not at all closely related; this is instead a result of convergent evolution. Some members of Chaetura are long-distance migrants, while others are year-round residents.
The genus name is derived from the Greek khaite, for long flowing hair, and oura, for tail, referring to the stiff feathers projecting from the end of the tail.[1]
Grey-rumped swift – Chaetura cinereiventris
Band-rumped swift – Chaetura spinicaudus
Lesser Antillean swift – Chaetura martinica
Costa Rican swift – Chaetura fumosa
Pale-rumped swift – Chaetura egregia
Chimney swift – Chaetura pelagica
Vaux's swift – Chaetura vauxi
Chapman's swift – Chaetura chapmani
Ashy-tailed swift – Chaetura andrei
Sick's swift – Chaetura meridionalis
Short-tailed swift – Chaetura brachyura
A fossil species, Chaetura baconica, was described from Late Miocene deposits of Hungary.[2]
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^Boev, Zlatozar (2000). "The Presence of Apus baranensis Janossy, 1977, (Aves: Apodidae) in the Late Pliocene of Bulgaria". Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 52 (2): 43–52.
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2013-09-26. Retrieved 2012-12-05.old-form url BirdLife International (2018). "Chaetura pelagica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22686709A131792415...
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