Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Apodimorphae > Order Apodiformes > Suborder Apodi > Superfamily Apodoidea > Family Apodidae > Genus Chaetura

Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetura*	Stephens in Shaw, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hirundo pelagica*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: schoorsteengierzwaluw sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: chimney swift sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: martinet ramoneur sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Schornsteinsegler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: krantinis čiurlys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: skorsteinsseiler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: skorsteinsseglar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kominiarczyk amerykański sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: temni dimnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: vencejo de chimenea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: skorstensseglare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Amerika baca yeltutanı; baca ebabili; baca süpürücü

Literature

basis of record	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.