Short-tailed swift
| Short-tailed swift | |
|---|---|
| flying over Cristalino river, Mato Grosso state, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Chaetura |
| Species: | C. brachyura |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetura brachyura (Jardine, 1846) | |
The short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) is a bird in the Apodidae, or swift family.