Chimney swift / Schornsteinsegler (Chaetura pelagica)

Wikipedia: Chimney swift Source: WIKIPEDIA Chimney_swift_overhead.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Chaetura (Chaetura); Subfamily Apodinae (Apodinae); Family Swifts (Apodidae)
General: 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. The chimney swift is a medium-sized, sooty gray bird with very long, slender wings and very short legs. Like all swifts, it is incapable of perching, and can only cling vertically to surfaces. [more]