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Photo by Rodrigo Conte
Brasilia, Brazil, January 2014
Chaetura meridionalis

Identification

Distribution

Found in South America from Colombia to the Guianas, Brazil, northern Paraguay and northwest Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Formerly regarded as a subspecies of Ashy-tailed Swift which is now included in Vaux's Swift.

Habitat

Forested lowland rivers.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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