Vaux's Swift
Chaetura vauxi
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Chaetura
- eBird Code
- vauswi
Vocalizations
Subspecies (7)
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Chaetura vauxi aphanes
northern Venezuela, but distribution very poorly known: confirmed from the Río Orinoco Valley in Bolívar, and also reported from Sucre
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Chaetura vauxi gaumeri
southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) including Cozumel
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Chaetura vauxi ochropygia
eastern Panama
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Chaetura vauxi richmondi
southern Mexico to Costa Rica
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Chaetura vauxi tamaulipensis
eastern Mexico (southwestern Tamaulípas and southeastern San Luis Potosí)
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Chaetura vauxi vauxi
breeds locally from southeastern Alaska to southwestern USA; winters to Guatemala
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Chaetura vauxi warneri
western Mexico from Sinaloa to Oaxaca
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.