Vaux's swift

Vaux's swift
In flight in Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Chaetura
Species:
C. vauxi
Binomial name
Chaetura vauxi
(Townsend, 1839)

Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) is a small swift native to North America, Central America, and northern South America. It was named for the American scientist William Sansom Vaux.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Chaetura vauxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T154632189A181590271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T154632189A181590271.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.