Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: Apodidae Order: Apodiformes Back
Chimney swift Schornsteinsegler Martinet ramoneur Vencejo de Chimenea
CMS NL Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES NL (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: intercontinental

Chaetura pelagica

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 A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com )

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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

Populations