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Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift

Chaetura [vauxi or andrei] (= Chaetura vauxi) (Townsend, JK 1839)

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




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Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Chaetura
Scientific:
  Chaetura vauxi

Original description

Citation:
  (Townsend, JK 1839)

Reference:
   Narr. Journ. Rocky Mts.

Protonym:
  Cypcelus Vauxi

Type locality:
  Columbia River = Fort Vancouver, Washington.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23864127

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0EB30FB8D2770BA8

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0EB30FB8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0EB30FB8

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178002

Geographic range:

  • Chaetura vauxi vauxi: locally from southeastern Alaska to southwestern USA; winters to Guatemala
  • Chaetura vauxi gaumeri: southeastern Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) including Cozumel
  • Chaetura vauxi [richmondi or warneri]: southern Mexico to Costa Rica and far western Panama (Chiriquí)
  • Chaetura vauxi tamaulipensis: eastern Mexico (southwestern Tamaulípas and southeastern San Luis Potosí)
  • Chaetura vauxi ochropygia: eastern Panama
  • Chaetura vauxi aphanes: northern Venezuela, but distribution very poorly known: confirmed from the Río Orinoco Valley in Bolívar, and also reported from Sucre
  • Chaetura andrei: northern Venezuela, but distribution very poorly known: confirmed from the Río Orinoco Valley in Bolívar and from Sucre
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift
French:
Martinet de Vaux ou M. d'André

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift ( Chaetura [vauxi or andrei])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Martinet de Vaux ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements, version 2015:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements, version 2016:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements, version 2017:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements, version 2018:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Clements, version 2019:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Vaux's Swift ( Chaetura vauxi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chaetura vauxi [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chaetura vauxi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Chaetura [vauxi, andrei or meridionalis]

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Catalan: Falciot cuaespinós de Vaux
Czech: rorýs srpokřídlý
Danish: Brun Tornhalesejler
German: Graubauchsegler
English: Vaux's or Ashy-tailed Swift, Vaux's Swift
English, HBW: Vaux's Swift
English (IOC): Vaux's Swift
English (United States): Vaux's Swift
Esperanto: Vauksa pinglovostulo
Spanish: Vencejo común, Vencejo de Vaux, Vencejo Grisáceo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Vencejo común
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo de Vaux
Spanish (HBW): Vaux's Swift
Spanish (Honduras): Vencejo de Vaux
Spanish (Mexico): vencejo de Vaux
Spanish (Nicaragua): Vencejo Grisáceo
Spanish (Panama): Vencejo de Vaux
Spanish (Venezuela): Vencejo de Lomo Marrón, Vencejo Lomimarrón
Estonian: lääne-kammsaba
Finnish: lännenkiitäjä
French: Martinet de Vaux, Martinet de Vaux ou M. d'André
Croatian: smeđorepa čiopa
Hungarian: Vaux-sarlósfecske
Italian: Rondone codaspinosa di Vaux, Rondone di Vaux
Japanese (romaji): nodojiroharioamatsubame
Japanese: ノドジロハリオアマツバメ
Scientific: Chaetura [vauxi or andrei], Chaetura vauxi, Chaetura vauxi vauxi, Cypcelus [sic] Vauxi, Cypcelus Vauxi
Lithuanian: Vo chetura
Latvian: Voksa svīre
Dutch: Vaux' Gierzwaluw, Vaux-gierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunseglar
Norwegian: Brunseiler
Polish: kominiarczyk szarobrzuchy, Komniarczyk szarobrzuchy
Russian: Иглохвост Вокса, Серобрюхий иглохвост
Slovak: dážďovník vauxov, srp vauxov
Serbian: Zapadna američka čiopa
Swedish: Columbiaseglare, vauxseglare
Turkish: Vaux iğnekuyruğu
Ukrainian: Голкохвіст сірочеревий
Chinese: 沃氏雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 黑背刺尾雨燕

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