Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | falciot cuaespinós de cua curta |
Czech | rorýs krátkoocasý |
Dutch | Kortstaartgierzwaluw |
English | Short-tailed Swift |
English (United States) | Short-tailed Swift |
French | Martinet polioure |
French (France) | Martinet polioure |
German | Stutzschwanzsegler |
Japanese | タンビハリオアマツバメ |
Norwegian | korthaleseiler |
Polish | kominiarczyk krótkosterny |
Portuguese (Brazil) | andorinhão-de-rabo-curto |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-de-rabo-curto |
Russian | Короткохвостый иглохвост |
Serbian | Kratkorepa čiopa |
Slovak | srp krátkochvostý |
Spanish | Vencejo Rabón |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Vencejo Colicorto |
Spanish (Panama) | Vencejo Colicorto |
Spanish (Peru) | Vencejo de Cola Corta |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Vencejo Pequeño |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo rabón |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Vencejo Coliblanco |
Swedish | kortstjärtad seglare |
Turkish | Güdük İğnekuyruk |
Ukrainian | Голкохвіст вохристогузий |
Chaetura brachyura (Jardine, 1846)
PROTONYM:
Acanthylis brachyura
Jardine, 1846. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (1), 18, p.120.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tobago.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHAETURA
- brachyura / brachyuros / brachyurum
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Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura Scientific name definitions
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 27, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 27, 2013
Revision History
Birds of the World
-
Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.shtswi1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
-
Last Published Version
- September 27, 2013
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2013). Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.