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[[Image:060716 Vaux's Swift 5276.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke<br />Santa Cruz, California, USA, 16 July 2006]] | [[Image:060716 Vaux's Swift 5276.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke<br />Santa Cruz, California, USA, 16 July 2006]] | ||
;[[:Category:Chaetura|Chaetura]] vauxi | ;[[:Category:Chaetura|Chaetura]] vauxi | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | 10.7 to 11.2 cm. Dusky black head, upperparts and wings are dusky black, grey brown underparts, rump and tail coverts, paler grey throat, becoming whitish in northern birds. The sexes are similar, but juveniles have dusky bases to the throat feathers. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | Southern [[Alaska]] to central [[California]], [[Mexico]], [[Panama]] and northern [[Venezuela]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Mountains and foothills, mainly above 700 m, forests and towns. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | The cup shaped nest is built from twigs and saliva and placed in a tree hole or cliff crevice. 3 white eggs are laid. | ||
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+ | The diet includes flying insects, such as beetles, wasps, termites and flying ants. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Chaetura+vauxi}} | {{GSearch|Chaetura+vauxi}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:37, 9 July 2008
- Chaetura vauxi
Identification
10.7 to 11.2 cm. Dusky black head, upperparts and wings are dusky black, grey brown underparts, rump and tail coverts, paler grey throat, becoming whitish in northern birds. The sexes are similar, but juveniles have dusky bases to the throat feathers.
Distribution
Southern Alaska to central California, Mexico, Panama and northern Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Mountains and foothills, mainly above 700 m, forests and towns.
Behaviour
The cup shaped nest is built from twigs and saliva and placed in a tree hole or cliff crevice. 3 white eggs are laid.
The diet includes flying insects, such as beetles, wasps, termites and flying ants.