Order: Apodiformes | Family: Apodidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Status: The Tumbes Swift is uncommon over the deciduous and humid forests of Tumbes, Piura, and Cajamarca. It generally ranges below 1900 m along the western foothill of the Andes. The Tumbes Swift also occurs in Ec.
Name in Spanish: Vencejo de Tumbes.
Sub-species: Tumbes Swift (Chaetura brachyura ocypetes), J. T. Zimmer, 1953.
Meaning of Name: Chaetura: Gr. Khaitē= long flowing hair and oura= tail. ocypetes: Gr. ōkus= fleet, swift and petomai= to fly, to rush.. ōkupetēs= swift-flying, swift-running.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.