Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus)

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Streubel, 1848)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 500 - 2,100 m

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.

Eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz) through eastern Paraguay (Oriente) and extreme north-western Argentina (Misiones) to south-eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) [XC454146]
by Victor Antonelli from Pico do Corcovado, Ubatuba-SP, Brazil, Brazil (call, flight call)

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) [XC64587]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from C\u00e2nion da Su\u00e7uapara, Brazil (flight call)

Subspecies
Cypseloides fumigatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was provisionally split into Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) and Rothschild's Swift (Cypseloides rothschildi) by Stotz et al. (1996) but this treatment has not been adopted, following SACC (2005).

Forms superspecies with Black Swift (Cypseloides niger), White-chested Swift (Cypseloides lemosi) and Rothschild's Swift (Cypseloides rothschildi). Sometimes considered conspecific with Rothschild's Swift (Cypseloides rothschildi), and possibly White-chinned Swift (Cypseloides cryptus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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