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Sooty Swift

Cypseloides fumigatus

Least Concern

Envergadura

29,0 cm

Peso

41,666666666666664 g

Família

Apodidae

Ordem

Caprimulgiformes

Sobre

A medium-sized swift (15-17 cm) found in subtropical and montane forests of southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Sooty-brown plumage. Aerial insectivore, foraging over forested gorges and waterfalls. Nests behind waterfalls on wet rock faces.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	29,0 cm	11.4 in
Peso	41,666666666666664 g	1.47 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

Uniformly dark sooty-brown plumage throughout; no contrasting pale markings anywhere; slightly paler brownish-grey on throat; large and uniform; South American species whose entirely dark coloration recalls blackish swiftlets but much larger.

Habitat & Range

🌲 Forest 🌿 Wetland

Distribuição geográfica

Found in the Guiana Shield and Amazon Basin in Brazil, Venezuela, and the Guianas. Nomadic; associated with rocky outcrops and waterfalls.

Diet & Feeding

Catches aerial plankton — tiny midges, gnats, and ballooning spiders — continuously during soaring flight.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Tamanho da postura

Som

Canto

Soft twittering 'tsit-tsit'; thin, buzzy notes in flight; calls over Neotropical waterfalls and gorges; quiet, raspy trill; rarely as vocal as larger swift species

Taxonomia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordem	Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars & Swifts)
Família	Apodidae (Swifts)
Genus	Cypseloides
Espécies	Cypseloides fumigatus

Distribution

Sooty Swift has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Presente Not recorded

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🇳🇴 Norway

External Databases

Perguntas frequentes

What does the Sooty Swift eat?

Catches aerial plankton — tiny midges, gnats, and ballooning spiders — continuously during soaring flight.

Where does the Sooty Swift live?

Found in the Guiana Shield and Amazon Basin in Brazil, Venezuela, and the Guianas. Nomadic; associated with rocky outcrops and waterfalls.

Is the Sooty Swift endangered?

The Sooty Swift has a conservation status of Least Concern.

What does the Sooty Swift sound like?

Soft twittering 'tsit-tsit'; thin, buzzy notes in flight; calls over Neotropical waterfalls and gorges; quiet, raspy trill; rarely as vocal as larger swift species

How big is the Sooty Swift?

The Sooty Swift has a wingspan of 29.0 cm, weight of 41.666666666666664 g.

What order and family does the Sooty Swift belong to?

The Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) belongs to the order Caprimulgiformes and the family Apodidae.