Vaux's Swift
Chaetura vauxi
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusChaetura (Chaetura Swifts)
- SpeciesChaetura vauxi (Vaux's Swift)
Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park
White-throated Swift
Aeronautes saxatalis
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Vaux's Swift in Channel Islands National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Vaux's Swift sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 163 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Vaux's Swift in Channel Islands National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Vaux's Swift in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.