chimney swift

English

a chimney swift

Noun

chimney swift (plural chimney swifts)

A rapid-flying bird that feeds on flying insects, Chaetura pelagica, with a breeding range in the eastern US extending into Canada and winter range in northwestern South America.

Translations

Chaetura pelagica

Azerbaijani: dam iynəquyruğu
Bulgarian: коминен бързолет m (kominen bǎrzolet)
Czech: rorýs ostnitý m
Dutch: schoorsteengierzwaluw (nl) f
Finnish: piippukiitäjä (fi)
French: martinet ramoneur m
Hungarian: kéménysarlósfecske
Italian: rondone codaspinosa dei camini m
Japanese: エントツアマツバメ (entotsuamatsubame)
Kyrgyz: морчу шибегекуйрук (morcu şibegekuyruk)
Navajo: tsxį́į́łnaalkʼįhii łibáhígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skorsteinsseiler m
Polish: kominiarczyk amerykański m
Portuguese: andorinhão-peregrino m
Russian: дымчатый иглохвост m (dymčatyj igloxvost)
Spanish: vencejo espinoso m
Swedish: skorstensseglare (sv) c

Further reading

chimney swift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chaetura pelagica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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