Chapman's swift

For the Vaux's swifts that roost in a large chimney at Chapman Elementary School, Oregon, USA, see Vaux's swift.
Chapman's swift
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Chaetura
Species: C. chapmani
Binomial name
Chaetura chapmani
Hellmayr, 1907

The Chapman's swift (Chaetura chapmani) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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