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Chimney Swift
| Color: |
Gray |
| Size: |
5.25" |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Description: |
A highly agile, aerial, gray bird with short tail and long, pointed wings. Looks like a cigar with wings. Its flight is fast and erratic, with short, rapid wing beats. |
| Voice: |
A rolling and twittering chitter-chitter-chitter.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Rural and urban areas. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Chimney Swift wings appear to flap asynchronously, but this is an optical illusion caused by the fast motion of the bird. |
| Scientific name: |
Chaetura pelagica |
| Order: |
Apodiformes |
| Family: |
Apodidae |
Flight silhouette Ben Meadors |
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