Listen to the Short-tailed swift
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About the Short-tailed swift
The Short-tailed swift is a bird in the family Apodidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Short-tailed swift sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) is a bird in the Apodidae, or swift family.
Related birds in the genus Chaetura
More from the family Apodidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Short-tailed swift sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Short-tailed swift on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Short-tailed swift endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Short-tailed swift as “least concern”.
What family does the Short-tailed swift belong to?
The Short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1268338 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Short-tailed swift – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 3.0