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Chaetura pelagica |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Apodidae |
Order: Apodiformes |
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Chimney swift |
Martinet ramoneur |
Vencejo de Chimenea |
Schornsteinsegler |
Migration: intercontinental |
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Present North America Apr-Sept. Migrates through West Indies late Aug to late Oct and mid-Apr to mid-May,
through Panama Oct-Nov and in spring throughout Apr, and through Mexico mid-Mar to mid-May and late Aug
to early Nov. Present SW Peru Nov-Apr. Recorded mid-Feb to early Mar in coastal cordillera of W Ecuador;
may represent spring migratory stopover. Rarely recorded SE Farallon Is, 42 km W of San Francisco, late May
to mid-Jun and mid-Sept to early Oct. Vagrant Bermuda, rare but regular, late Mar to late Apr and early Aug to
late Dec; Bahamas, late Apr to early May and Oct; Galapagos Is and Greenland. Transatlantic vagrant to Britain,
4 records, late Oct to early Nov, and Tenerife (Canary Is). Probably under-recorded in N South America.
(del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1999)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com,
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |