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Vaux's swift

Chaetura vauxi (J. K. Townsend, 1839)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 17.1 g to 21.7 g and live up to 5.09 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi)
Photo: Bettina Arrigoni · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the vaux's swift

Weight
17.1 g – 21.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
5.09 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
5.1 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
19 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.6 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the vaux's swift

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Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi)
Arran ET · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the vaux's swift live?

Not recorded

What is the vaux's swift?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) is a small swift native to North America, Central America, and northern South America. It was named for the American scientist William Sansom Vaux.

From the Wikipedia article “Vaux's swift” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaux%27s_swift&oldid=1344353164), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the vaux's swift endangered?

The vaux's swift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the vaux's swift classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusChaetura
  7. SpeciesChaetura vauxi (J. K. Townsend, 1839)

Synonyms Cypcelus vauxi

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • سمامة فوكسArabic
  • falciot cuaespinós de VauxCatalan
  • rorýs srpokřídlýCzech
  • coblyn VauxWelsh
  • Brun TornhalesejlerDanish
  • GraubauchseglerGerman
  • vaŭksa apodoEsperanto
  • Vauksa pinglovostuloEsperanto
  • Vencejo ComúnSpanish
  • Vencejo de VauxSpanish
  • lääne-kammsabaEstonian
  • lännenkiitäjäFinnish
  • Martinet de VauxFrench
  • smeđorepa čiopaCroatian
  • Vaux-sarlósfecskeHungarian
  • Rondone di VauxItalian
  • Rondone codaspinosa di VauxItalian
  • ノドジロハリオアマツバメJapanese
  • nodojiroharioamatsubameJapanese
  • Vo cheturaLithuanian
  • Voksa svīreLatvian
  • Tsintah tsxį́į́łnaalkʼįhiiNavajo
  • Vaux' GierzwaluwDutch
  • Vauxs GierzwaluwDutch
  • brunseilerNorwegian
  • kominiarczyk szarobrzuchyPolish
  • andorinhão-pardoPortuguese
  • andorinhão-de-vauxPortuguese
  • Серобрюхий иглохвостRussian
  • srp VauxovSlovak
  • Zapadna američka čiopaSerbian
  • småseglareSwedish
  • ColumbiaseglareSwedish
  • vauxseglareSwedish
  • Vaux İğnekuyruğuTurkish
  • Серпокрилець ВоксаUkrainian
  • голкохвіст сірочеревийUkrainian
  • 沃氏雨燕Chinese
  • 黑背刺尾雨燕Chinese

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Relatives of the vaux's swift

Other species in the same genus Chaetura.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the vaux's swift?

An adult vaux's swift weighs 17.1 g – 21.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the vaux's swift endangered?

The vaux's swift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the vaux's swift live?

The vaux's swift has a recorded lifespan of 5.09 years.

What kind of animal is the vaux's swift?

The vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vauxs-swift

MLA

“Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vauxs-swift.

BibTeX
@misc{vauxs_swift_2026,
  title = {Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vauxs-swift},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}