#chaetura

[herpsandbirds]

Since Google has gone to ai shit and I don't trust it I'm gonna ask you what do swifts eat? Like chimney swifts cus I know they have really tiny legs and spend a bunch of time flying so I'm guessing they eat flying insects

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica), family Apodidae, order Apodiformes, IN, USA

photograph by Peter F.

In general, swifts eat flying insects, yes. Chimney Swifts feed on a wide variety of flying insects (from small aphids and gnats to larger beetles, wasps, and dragonflies).

[best-bird-tournament]

Chaetura swift

Which is the best bird?

Band-rumped swift

Lesser Antillean swift

Costa Rican swift

Chimney swift

Vaux's swift

Chapman's swift

Sick's swift

Short-tailed swift

Voting ended onJul 1, 2025

[oncorhynchus-mykiss]

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cliff swallow

Chaetura pelagica Chimney swift

Tachycineta bicolor Tree swallow

Gustav Mützel, Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt, via Flickr

[hello-birdies]

Chaetura pelagica by Miroslaw Krol

[birbbing]

[hello-birdies]

Chaetura spinicaudus by anna pang

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[2710/11080] Costa rican swift - Chaetura fumosa

Order: Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Family: Apodidae (swifts)

Photo credit: David Rodríguez Arias via Macaulay Library

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[2346/11080] Chimney swift - Chaetura pelagica

Order: Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Family: Apodidae (swifts)

Photo credit: Peter F via Macaulay Library