A photo of a Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Chimney Swift

Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both the Vaux's swift and the Chapman's swift; in the past, the three were sometimes considered to be conspecific. It has no subspecies. The chimney swift is a medium-sized, sooty gray bird with very long, slender wings and very short legs. Like all swifts, it is incapable of perching, and can only cling vertically to surfaces. The chimney swift feeds primarily on flying insects, but also on airborne spiders. It generally mates for life. It builds a bracket nest of twigs and saliva stuck to a vertical surface, which is almost always a human-built structure, typically a chimney. The female lays eggs. The altricial young hatch after and fledge a month later.
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A photo of a Chimney Swift photographed in Alta Loma Park (Torrance) United States
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Luc Webb
Sunday 12 Mar 2023 - 6:55pm
United States
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Pleatedbirdwatcher .
Tuesday 07 Mar 2023 - 8:48pm
United States
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L Larkin
Thursday 02 Mar 2023 - 8:19pm
United States
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Lois Crider
Wednesday 14 Dec 2022 - 11:34pm
United States
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