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The chimney swift is a monogamous breeder which normally mates for life, though a small percentage of birds change partners. [53] Pairs perform display flights together, gliding with their wings upraised in a steep "V", and sometimes rocking from side to side.
Roughly 70 to 80 types of swifts live worldwide, but only the chimney swift is native east of the Rocky Mountains. The birds head north in March , nesting in April and May to lay four to five eggs.
All swifts eat insects, such as dragonflies, flies, ants, aphids, wasps and bees as well as aerial spiders. Prey is typically caught in flight using the beak. Some species, like the chimney swift, hunt in mixed species flocks with other aerial insectivores such as members of Hirundinidae (swallows). [18]
Pale-rumped swift (Chaetura egregia) Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) Chapman's swift (Chaetura chapmani) Ashy-tailed swift (Chaetura andrei) Sick's swift (Chaetura meridionalis) Short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) Tribe Apodini - typical swifts Genus Aeronautes; White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
The swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have very long, swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang. Chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica
The swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang. Chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica (O) White-throated swift, Aeronautes ...
Common Swift chicks . The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar contextual development.
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