Sunday, June 17, 2012

>Chaetura viridipennis (Mato Grosso Swift)

Mato Grosso Swift


Mato Grosso Swift
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Chaetura
Species:C. viridipennis
Binomial name
Chaetura viridipennis
Cherrie, 1916
The Mato Grosso Swift (Chaetura viridipennis), also known as the Amazonian Swift, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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