Family Apodidae: Swifts

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Black Swift Cypseloides niger
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica (3)
Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus (2)
Common Swift Apus apus (3)
Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus (2)

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Last updated: August 16, 2007