Summary ²

The Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both the Vaux's Swift and the Chapman's Swift; in the past, the three were sometimes considered to be conspecific. It has no subspecies.

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1. (c) Jim McCulloch, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/61135968@N00/2852451491
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetura_pelagica

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