Swifts (Apodidae)
Chapman's Swift (Chaetura chapmani) - HBW 5, p. 444
French: Martinet de Chapman
German: Chapmansegler
Spanish: Vencejo de Chapman
Other common names: Dark-breasted Swift
Taxonomy: Chætura chapmani Hellmayr, 1907, Caparo, Trinidad.
Previously considered conspecific with C. pelagica and C. vauxi. Recent proposal to raise viridipennis to full species, but this is not universally accepted. Nominate race may consist of two disjunct populations, representing different races, one in lowlands from C Panama to N Colombia, the other from E Venezuela to NE Brazil, with intervening gap (W & N Venezuela) occupied by C. vauxi. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chapmani Hellmayr, 1907 - C Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to NE Brazil.
- viridipennis Cherrie, 1916 - E Peru, C & E Bolivia and W Brazil; winters to N Colombia.
- Least Concern
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