Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Description The summer skies are filled with many species of birds. However, none seem to be as much at home on the wing as the chimney swifts.
Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica
Identification Tips:
Length: 5 inches Wingspan: 12.5 inches
Sexes similar
Juvenile similar to adult
Small aerial bird with cigar-shaped body and crescent-shaped wings
Short tail bluntly squared off ...
Chimney Swifts are so named because they normally nest inside Chimneys. Their nest is built of tiny twigs which the adults build using saliva to hold the sticks together.
Chimney Swift Behaviour
No observations regarding Chimney Swift behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Chimney Swifts ...
The Chimney Swift is another bird species which has probably benefited from a human presence.
Chimney Swift
(Chaetura pelagica)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Possible but not likely
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely
1997 to 2001: Possible but not likely ...
Chimney Swift
The best known North American swift is the chimney swift. It is
sooty brown above and lighter beneath, usually attaining a length
of 5.5 inches. genders are similar.
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus)
Status Uncommon in summer. Breeds. It generally arrives in early May (average 6 May, earliest normal date 29 April; five on 22 April 1977 were three weeks ahead of next arrivals).
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Chuck-will's widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) ...
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and fall in all regions. Found in open areas, especially around human habitations. Low Conservation Concern.
Hummingbirds - Family Trochilidae ...
Chimney Swift
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
The Chimney Swift occurs throughout the eastern half of the United States during the breeding season. During the winter, these birds are found in South America.
In the United States the common eastern species is the chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica, miscalled chimney swallow. Its spiny tail acts as a prop when it clings to the chimneys in which it builds its nest of twigs, cemented with saliva.
Like all swifts, the Chimney Swift rarely lands on the ground.
Swifts are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying.
- Chimney Swifts: USGS ... Birds of Nova Scotia
- Egyptian Swifts: Houras Loft Breeding Egyptian Swifts ... The Standards of the Egyptian Swift (ES)by Adel Salem
- Vaux's Swifts: USGS
- White-throated Swifts: USGS ...
CYPSELUS PELASGIUS, Bonap. Syn., p. 63.
CHIMNEY SWIFT or SWALLOW, Cypselus pelasgius, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 609.
CHIMNEY SWALLOW or AMERICAN SWIFT, Cypselus pelasgius, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 329; vol. v. p. 419.
Strawberry Plains Hummingbird Migration Festival, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Hummingbird banding, seminars on bats, chimney swifts, reptiles, amphibians, woodpeckers, Native American history, gardening for birds, ...
Pale-rumped Swift, Chaetura egregia
Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica
Vaux's Swift, Chaetura vauxi
Chapman's Swift, Chaetura chapmani
Short-tailed Swift, Chaetura brachyura
Ashy-tailed Swift, Chaetura andrei ...
They swoop up insects in their wide mouths while on the wing. Swifts are the most rapid flyers known. In the United States and the common Eastern species is the chimney swift, misscalled chimney swallow.
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica: Forest Park, Queens, NY, 24 Apr
Vaux's Swift* Chaetura vauxi: along the 57 Freeway, near Pomona, CA, 02 Jan
White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis: Tri-City Park, Placentia, CA, 01 Jan ...
 See also: Swift, Swallow, Hummingbird, Purple, Woodpecker
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