Swifts (Apodidae)

Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica) - HBW 5, p. 443

French: Martinet chiquesol German: Antillensegler Spanish: Vencejo de Martinica

Taxonomy: Hirundo martinica Hermann, 1783, Martinique.
Forms superspecies with C. cinereiventris and C. egregia, and these three previously placed in genus Acanthylis along with C. spinicauda. Monotypic.

Distribution: Lesser Antilles, on Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia and St Vincent.