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Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Oregon.January 8,689, February 7,964, March 9,480, April 13,480, May 18,375, June 13,542, July 9,858, August 8,797, September 9,159, October 8,318, November 7,230, December 8,012.
United States323,500
Oregon122,905
Washington89,802
California68,989
Canada52,528
British Columbia42,136
Idaho15,245
Alberta10,092
Arizona5,931
Nevada4,372

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderSwifts and Hummingbirds · Apodiformes
FamilySwifts · Apodidae
GenusChaetura Swifts · Chaetura

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