The short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) is a bird in the Apodidae, or swift family. The species was first formally described as Acanthylis brachyura...
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White-throated needletail (redirect from White-throated Needle-tailed Swift)
needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), also known as needle-tailed swift or spine-tailed swift, is a large swift in the genus Hirundapus. It is reputed to reach speeds...
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List of birds by common name (category Articles with short description)
starling Short-tailed swift Short-tailed woodstar Short-toed coucal Short-toed rock thrush Short-toed snake eagle Short-toed treecreeper Short-winged cisticola...
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Chaetura (category Articles with short description)
vauxi Chapman's swift – Chaetura chapmani Ashy-tailed swift – Chaetura andrei Sick's swift – Chaetura meridionalis Short-tailed swift – Chaetura brachyura...
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swift (Chaetura meridionalis) Short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) Genus Aeronautes White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) White-tipped swift...
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Philippine spinetail (redirect from Philippine Spine-tailed Swift)
also known as the Philippine needletail or Philippine spine-tailed swift, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines...
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Fork-tailed swift is the historic name of a kind of bird which has since been divided taxonomically into four species. It could refer to any of four different...
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Apodinae (category Articles with short description)
ochropygia, & C. v. andrei Chapman's swift (Chaetura chapmani) Mato Grosso swift (Chaetura viridipennis) Short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) Subspecies:...
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Papuan spinetail (redirect from New Guinea Spine-tailed Swift)
New Guinea spine-tailed swift or Papuan spine-tailed swift, is a small (11.5 cm in length), stocky swift with a short, rounded tail and very fast flight...
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The ashy-tailed swift or Andre's swift (Chaetura andrei) is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic...
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List of birds of North America (category Articles with short description)
swallow-tailed swift, Panyptila cayennensis LC Little swift, Apus affinis (A) LC Fork-tailed swift, Apus pacificus (A) LC Short-tailed swift, Chaetura...
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The fork-tailed palm swift or Neotropical palm swift (Tachornis squamata) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is...
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In 1825, James Francis Stephens moved this and other small, short-tailed New World swifts to the genus Chaetura, where it has since remained, although...
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and swifts are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. This 14–15.5 cm (5.5–6.1 in) long species has, like some relatives, a short forked...
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List of birds of Brazil (category Articles with short description)
pelagica Chapman's swift, Chaetura chapmani Sick's swift, Chaetura meridionalis Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura White-tipped swift, Aeronautes montivagus...
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List of birds of the United States (category Articles with short description)
solitarius (EH) NT Short-tailed hawk, Buteo brachyurus LC Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni LC Zone-tailed hawk, Buteo albonotatus LC Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis...
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Fauna of Colombia (category Articles with short description)
Orange-throated sunangel Tree swallow Swallow-wing Short-tailed swift Sick's swift Violet-tailed sylph Blue-grey tanager Fulvous-crested tanager Paradise...
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The lesser swallow-tailed swift or Cayenne swift (Panyptila cayennensis) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is...
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The great swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Costa...
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mainly in their shorter tails. Asian palm swift has very short legs which it uses only for clinging to vertical surfaces, since swifts never settle voluntarily...
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Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) is a small, slate grey, short-tailed species of shrew. Its common name comes from Daniel Giraud Elliot...
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List of birds of Guyana (category Articles with short description)
cinereiventris Band-rumped swift, Chaetura spinicaudus Chapman's swift, Chaetura chapmani Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura White-tipped swift, Aeronautes montivagus...
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as part of a "fork-tailed swift" superspecies. The proposed name of the superspecies was formerly a synonym for the Pacific swift. A 2011 study proposed...
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List of birds of Panama (category Articles with short description)
(vulnerable) Vaux's swift, Chaetura vauxi Chapman's swift, Chaetura chapmani (A) Sick's swift, Chaetura meridionalis (A) Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura...
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are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. Swifts have very short legs that they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. They...
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List of birds of Barbados (category Articles with short description)
Chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura (A) Common swift, Apus apus (A) Alpine swift, Apus melba (A) Little swift, Apus...
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List of least concern birds (category Articles with short description)
Forbes-Watson's swift Bradfield's swift White-rumped swift Horus swift Nyanza swift House swift Pacific swift Pallid swift Plain swift Short-tailed swift Chapman's...
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Stoat (redirect from Short-tailed stoat)
the tail is relatively longer, always exceeding a third of the body length,[clarification needed] though it is shorter than that of the long-tailed weasel...
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for its long wings and tail and its short beak. The flying Egyptian Swift is one or two inches shorter than a show Egyptian Swift. In Egypt the standards...
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List of birds of Ecuador (category Articles with short description)
Chapman's swift, Chaetura chapmani (H) Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura White-tipped swift, Aeronautes montivagus Fork-tailed palm-swift, Tachornis...
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