Short-tailed Swift
Chaetura brachyura
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusChaetura (Chaetura Swifts)
- SpeciesChaetura brachyura (Short-tailed Swift)
Closest Relatives at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park
Sick's Swift
Chaetura meridionalis
Pale-rumped Swift
Chaetura egregia
White-collared Swift
Streptoprocne zonaris
Biscutate Swift
Streptoprocne biscutata
Great Dusky Swift
Cypseloides senex
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Tachornis squamata
Sooty Swift
Cypseloides fumigatus
Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Thalurania furcata
Glittering-throated Emerald
Chionomesa fimbriata
Glittering-bellied Emerald
Chlorostilbon lucidus
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Eupetomena macroura
White-vented Violetear
Colibri serrirostris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Short-tailed Swift at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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