| Sick's swift | |
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| at Bertioga, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Chaetura |
| Species: | C. meridionalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetura meridionalis Hellmayr, 1907
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Sick's swift (Chaetura meridionalis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It was previously considered conspecific with the smaller ashy-tailed swift, but a study published in 1997 found that Sick's swift was closer to the chimney swift. The English name commemorates the German-born ornithologist Helmut Sick who studied South American birds. It is a migratory species that breeds in central South America and overwinters in northern South America. The IUCN has listed it as being of "Least Concern".
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Chaetura meridionalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22733018A95053584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22733018A95053584.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.