Chimney swift: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the chimney swift lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Chaetura pelagica
Group	Hummingbirds, swifts & nightjars
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Europe, North America, South America
Mass	23.6 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Apodiformes
Family	Apodidae

Where does the chimney swift live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chimney swift in 12 countries and territories across Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a chimney swift?

Wikidata records the following for the chimney swift: mass 23.6 g (adult weight).

Is the chimney swift endangered?

The chimney swift’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the chimney swift?

The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird in the order Apodiformes and the family Apodidae, genus Chaetura. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the chimney swift

The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both Vaux's swift and Chapman's swift; in the past, the three were sometimes considered to be conspecific. It has no subspecies. The chimney swift is a medium-sized, sooty gray bird with very long, slender wings and very short legs. Like all swifts, it is incapable of perching on flat surfaces, and can only perch on vertical surfaces. Many fly around all day and only come down at night when roosting.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chimney swift (revision 1380658680), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q912863 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).