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Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura Scientific name definitions

Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 27, 2013

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Distribution of the Short-tailed Swift - Range Map
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Distribution of the Short-tailed Swift

Recommended Citation

Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.shtswi1.01
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