Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chaetura pelagica
Vencejo chimenea, Chimney Swift
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Apodiformes
Family
Apodidae
Genus
Chaetura
Species
pelagica
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Three sight records on Española Island in 1977, 1983 and 2005 (Wiedenfeld 2006).
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1981) La avifauna de Galápagos. In: Eberhardt, U. (ed.): Compendio de ciencia en Galápagos. Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 261-282.
- Meyer De Schauensee, R.M. (1966) The Species of Birds of South America and their Distribution. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chaetura pelagica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5060. Accessed 11 June 2026.