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Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)

Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)

About Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
  • Family: Swifts

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

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2003-05-27

    Mount Rainier National Park, United States of America
    Two seen briefly in treetops at Silver Falls Trail.

  • 2007-04-09

    Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, United States of America

  • 2009-01-14

    Cozumel, Mexico
    Hard to tell on the ID for this. We saw a flock of about 100 flying over San Miguel Town.

  • 2009-01-25

    Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, Belize
    About 20 to 30 of these swifts were feeding over farmland. I am basing the identification partly on the range maps in the Howell book.

  • 2009-03-05

    Isla Coiba, Panama
    Image from 2009-03-05

  • 2010-02-20

    Temescaltepec, Mexico

  • 2014-05-10

    Cave Creek Canyon--South Fork, United States of America

  • 2014-09-20

    McNear Brick and Block, United States of America

  • 2016-09-11

    McNear Brick and Block, United States of America
    Image from 2016-09-11

  • 2018-09-16

    McNear Brick and Block, United States of America
    Image from 2018-09-16

  • 2019-05-18

    Yosemite National Park, United States of America

  • 2020-07-21

    Rogue River, United States of America

  • 2021-08-14

    Laguna de Santa Rosa, United States of America

  • 2024-03-29

    San Jose del Pacifico, Mexico

  • 2025-04-27

    Pasadena, United States of America

  • 2025-05-05

    Presidio - Battery Godfrey, United States of America