Band-rumped Swift (Chaetura spinicaudus)
About the Band-rumped Swift
The band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicaudus) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found from Panama south through Colombia into Ecuador, east from Venezuela into the Guianas and Brazil, and on Trinidad. The band-rumped swift, pale-rumped swift (C. egregia), grey-rumped swift (C. cinereiventris), and Lesser Antillean swift (C. martinica) were at one time placed in genus Acanthylis. During much of the 20th century the Costa Rican swift (C. fumosa) was treated as a subspecies of the band-rumped. Since then the band-rumped swift has been assigned two subspecies, the nominate C. s. spinicaudus and C. s. aetherodroma. Other subspecies have been proposed but not accepted.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 24 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicarecording
- Grey-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventrisrecording
- Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyurarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.