Saturday, June 16, 2012

>Chaetura martinica (Lesser Antillean Swift)

Lesser Antillean Swift

 




Lesser Antillean Swift
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Chaetura
Species:C. martinica
Binomial name
Chaetura martinica
(Hermann, 1783)
The Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It breeds on Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent. There is a possible record from Nevis. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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