Apodiformes / Apodidae / Chaetura

Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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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
Chaetura vauxi gaumeri

southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) including Cozumel
Chaetura vauxi ochropygia

eastern Panama
Chaetura vauxi richmondi

southern Mexico to Costa Rica
Chaetura vauxi tamaulipensis

eastern Mexico (southwestern Tamaulípas and southeastern San Luis Potosí)
Chaetura vauxi vauxi

breeds locally from southeastern Alaska to southwestern USA; winters to Guatemala
Chaetura vauxi warneri

western Mexico from Sinaloa to Oaxaca

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.