Sick's Swift
Chaetura meridionalis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
Sick's swift is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It was previously considered conspecific with the smaller ashy-tailed swift, but a study published in 1997 found that Sick's swift was closer to the chimney swift. The English name commemorates the German-born ornithologist Helmut Sick who studied South American birds. It is a migratory species that breeds in central South America and overwinters in northern South America. The IUCN has listed it as being of "Least Concern".
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Chaetura