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Short-tailed Swift

Chaetura brachyura
(Jardine, W, 1846)
Vencejo Rabón
Andorinhão-de-rabo-curto
Family: Apodidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Acanthylis brachyura.

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Number of Photography: 8

Foto
Photography ID: 647080
  Adult
Presidente figueiredo
Amazonas
Brazil
06/25/2025
Pablo Alberto Re
Foto
Photography ID: 646489
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
06/18/2025
Pablo Alberto Re
Foto
Photography ID: 557916
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
07/14/2023
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 546368
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
07/14/2023
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 545176
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
07/14/2023
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 545175
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
07/14/2023
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 206368
  Adult
Sao Jose do Rio Claro
Mato Grosso
Brazil
05/24/2017
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 123459
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
10/28/2015
João Sérgio Barros


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Number of Records: 91



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233865825/06/2025BrazilAmazonasMarí Marí, Presidente figueiredoPablo Alberto Re
233346518/06/2025BrazilAmazonasCirandeira Bela Pousada, ManacapuruPablo Alberto Re
223833918/01/2025PanamaColonParque nacional Soberanía - Pipeline road, Gamboa25Pablo Meoniz
214352509/07/2024PeruSan MartínBello Horizonte2Jorge Schlemmer
214266509/07/2024PeruSan MartínBello Horizonte2Pablo Eguia
212713009/07/2024PeruSan MartínBello Horizonte2Nino A. Grangetto
214511008/07/2024PeruSan MartínP.t. Bellavista, Ruta 5nNino A. Grangetto
214330708/07/2024PeruSan MartínP.t. Bellavista, Ruta 5nJorge Schlemmer
214241708/07/2024PeruSan MartínP.t. Bellavista, Ruta 5nPablo Eguia
192228014/07/2023BrazilAmazonasManacapuruFederico J. Villegas
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/03/2026.