Short-tailed Swift

species of bird

Taxon Q1268338

Facts

10 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: C. brachyura^[6]
IUCN conservation status: least concern^[2]
Litter size: +3.7^[21]
Original combination: Acanthylis brachyura^[5]
Parent taxon: Chaetura^[3]
Taxon common name: coblyn cwta, Short-tailed Swift, Stutzschwanzsegler, Vencejo rabón, falciot cuaespinós de cua curta, rorýs krátkoocasý, nudi-kammsaba, Korthaleseiler, Andorinhão-de-rabo-curto, Короткохвостый иглохвост, タンビハリオアマツバメ, Korthalet Tornhalesejler, lyhytpyrstökiitäjä, csököttfarkú sarlósfecske, kominiarczyk krótkosterny, srp krátkochvostý, kortstjärtad seglare, Kortstaartgierzwaluw, Martinet polioure, Rondone codacorta, andorinhão-de-rabo-curto, trumpauodegė chetura, голкохвіст вохристогузий, svjetlorepa čiopa, andorinhão-de-cauda-curta^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
Taxon name: Chaetura brachyura^[4]
Taxon range: Brazil, South America, Belém^[22]^[23]^[24]
Taxon rank: species^[1]

🏷️ Also known as

en Chaetura brachyura en Short-tailed Swift cs rorýs krátkoocasý da Korthalet Tornhalesejler de Stutzschwanzsegler es Vencejo rabón fa بادخورک دم‌کوتاه fi lyhytpyrstökiitäjä fr Acanthylis brachyura fr Chaetura brachyura fr Martinet polioure he סיס קשה זנב זנב קצר he סיס צאטורה זנב קצר hu Chaetura brachyura hu csököttfarkú sarlósfecske it Rondone codacorta ja タンビハリオアマツバメ nl Kortstaartgierzwaluw pl kominiarczyk krótkosterny pt andorinhão-de-cauda-curta

🔖 Identifiers · 26

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Chaetura brachyura - Short-tailed Swift.JPG ↗
Avibase taxon ID: 5368983F2524C467
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 114681
BirdLife taxon ID: 22686725
Catalogue of Life ID: TF2Y
EBird taxon ID: shtswi1
Freebase ID: /m/06nb0t
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 5228607
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: korthaleseiler
IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code: STSW
IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code: CHABRA
INaturalist taxon ID: 6566

Show all 26 identifiers +14

IRMNG ID: 10589949
ITIS TSN: 178005
IUCN taxon ID: 22686725
J9U entity ID: 987007541213605171
NBIC scientific name ID: 177024
NCBI taxonomy ID: 1118521
Neotropical Birds ID: shtswi1
Oiseaux.net ID: martinet.polioure
Open Tree of Life ID: 328797
TAXREF ID: 441746
UMLS CUI: C3415938
Wiki Aves ID: andorinhao-de-rabo-curto
Xeno-canto species ID: Chaetura-brachyura
Yale LUX ID: concept/c5ee9b91-8eb8-4902-9857-45082686b7f0

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🔗 Connections

Taxon range 3

Brazil, South America, Belém

IUCN conservation status 1

least concern

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Chaetura

Taxon rank 1

species

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — IUCN conservation status (P141): least concern. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved 2021-12-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — parent taxon (P171): Chaetura. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon name (P225): Chaetura brachyura. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — original combination (P1403): Acanthylis brachyura. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-14. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — short name (P1813): C. brachyura. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): coblyn cwta. Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved 2016-03-16. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): Short-tailed Swift. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-04. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): Stutzschwanzsegler. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-11. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): Vencejo rabón. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-12. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): falciot cuaespinós de cua curta. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-12. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): rorýs krátkoocasý. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): nudi-kammsaba. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): Korthaleseiler. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): Andorinhão-de-rabo-curto. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): Короткохвостый иглохвост. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): タンビハリオアマツバメ. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): Korthalet Tornhalesejler. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): lyhytpyrstökiitäjä. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon common name (P1843): csököttfarkú sarlósfecske. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — litter size (P7725): 3.7. The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon range (P9714): Brazil. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon range (P9714): South America. museum.lsu.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-07. museum.lsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Short-tailed Swift — taxon range (P9714): Belém. antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved 2025-02-19. antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Litter size → 3.7

Parent taxon → Chaetura

Instance of → taxon

Taxon range → Brazil, South America, Belém

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