chimney swift

English

a chimney swift

Noun

chimney swift (plural chimney swifts)

1. 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: 煙突雨燕 (entotsu amatsubame)
• 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