Short-tailed swift

The short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) is a bird in the Apodidae, or swift family.

Short-tailed swift
flying over Cristalino river, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Chaetura
Species:
C. brachyura
Binomial name
Chaetura brachyura
(Jardine, 1846)
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