Swifts (Apodidae)
Pale-rumped Swift (Chaetura egregia) - HBW 5, p. 443
French: Martinet de Bolivie
German: Blaßbürzelsegler
Spanish: Vencejo Egregio
Taxonomy: Chætura egregia Todd, 1916, Río Surutú, Bolivia.
Sometimes considered conspecific with C. cinereiventris, and these two form superspecies with C. martinica; these three previously placed in genus Acanthylis along with C. spinicauda, and present species alternatively reported to be closely related to C. spinicauda. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Ecuador S through E Peru, W Brazil and NW Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying.
Locality Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 27 November 2004 36 weeks ago 1.8 -
A bird i flight.
Locality Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 27 November 2004 36 weeks ago 1.6
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