Back سيكس سويفت ARZ Chaetura meridionalis AST Chaetura meridionalis Azerbaijani Chaetura meridionalis Bulgarian Falciot cuaespinós meridional Catalan Chaetura meridionalis CEB Suda pinglovostulo Esperanto Chaetura meridionalis Spanish Chaetura meridionalis Basque Martinet de Sick French
| Sick's swift | |
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| at Bertioga, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Chaetura |
| Species: | C. meridionalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetura meridionalis Hellmayr, 1907
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Sick's swift (Chaetura meridionalis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It was previously considered conspecific with the smaller ashy-tailed swift, but a study published in 1997 found that Sick's swift was closer to the chimney swift. The English name commemorates the German-born ornithologist Helmut Sick who studied South American birds. It is a migratory species that breeds in central South America and overwinters in northern South America. The IUCN has listed it as being of "Least Concern".
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Chaetura meridionalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22733018A95053584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22733018A95053584.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.