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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Vaux's Swift
Chaetura vauxi
Order
APODIFORMES
Family
Swifts (Apodidae)
Code 4
VASW
Code 6
CHAVAU
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
All-purpose
Eye Color:
Dark brown.
Head pattern:
Plain
Crown Color:
Gray-brown
Forehead Color:
Gray-brown
Nape Color:
Gray-brown
Throat Color:
Pale Gray
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
10-11 cm (4-4.5 in)
Weight:
17 g (0.6 oz)
Size:
Very Small (3 - 5 in)
Color Primary:
Brown, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts:
Pale Gray
Upperparts:
Gray-brown
Back Pattern:
Solid
Belly Pattern:
Solid
Breast Pattern:
Solid
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Fast low flight.
Wingspan Range:
29 cm (11.5 in)
Wing Shape:
Long-Wings, Tapered-Wings
Tail shape:
Squared Tail
Tail Pattern:
Solid
Upper Tail:
Gray-brown
Under Tail:
Gray-brown
Leg Color:
Gray-black
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X