Mato Grosso swift
Appearance
Mato Grosso swift | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Genus: | Chaetura |
Species: | C. viridipennis
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Binomial name | |
Chaetura viridipennis Cherrie, 1916
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The Mato Grosso swift (Chaetura viridipennis) also known as the Amazonian swift, is in the family Apodidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Chapman's swift.
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