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Mato Grosso swift

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Mato Grosso swift
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
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 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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