Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi

Also known as:Dusky-backed Swift

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Identification

12 cm (5") Fairly common. Replaces the very similar Chimney Swift west of Rockies. Nests in hollow trees in dense forests, seldom in chimneys.

Cigar-shaped body. Short, stubby tail.

Song: call is a fast insect-like twitter.

Details in the field

4 photos

Credit: waltarrrrr

Watch and learn

3 videos

Vaux Swifts - Chapman School.MOV

Credit: dianab97330

Vaux's swifts, Monroe WA

Credit: Martyn Stewart

Vaux's Swifts Massive Funnel Into Chimney, September 20, 2012

Credit: Living Learner

Where it lives

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Unshaded in source · does not imply absence