This is a digital surrogate of a specimen housed at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. See https: //iowalakesidelab.org for information on the facility and for obtaining access to the specimens.
Vernacular name
Chimney swiftScientific name
Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758)Date collected
1904-05-30Sex
MaleContinent
North AmericaCountry
United StatesState or province
IowaCounty
Johnson CountyMunicipality
Iowa CityIdentified By
Anderson, Rudolph MTaxa: Kingdom
AnimaliaTaxa: Phylum
ChordataTaxa: Class
AvesTaxa: Order
ApodiformesTaxa: Family
ApodidaeTaxa: Genus
ChaeturaTaxa: Species
pelagicaTaxon rank
speciesInstitution ID
Iowa Lakeside LaboratoryMaterial Sample ID
0001136Occurrence ID
ILH_Birds:0001136Label notes
L 5.9 W 5. T 1.7 The bird flew into the window of my home and could not find the way out although two windows remained open both at tops and bottomsCollection ID
ILH_BirdsTaxon remarks
Originally identified as Chaetura pelagusa