Chimney Swift

About this species

This species has 3,894,743 occurrence records from 43 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (94%) and Canada (5.7%); together they account for 99.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.33% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Chaetura pelagica combines the genus name Chaetura with the species epithet pelagica. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Chaetura; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Chaetura vauxi, Chaetura cinereiventris and Chaetura brachyura.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Apodidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 31.5 times the family average (123,580). The family Apodidae belongs to the order Apodiformes, which has 452 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Apodidae

• Common Swift
• Little Swift
• Asian Palm Swift
• White-collared Swift
• African Palm Swift
• Alpine Swift
• House Swift
• Pallid Swift
• White-rumped Swift

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org