Sooty Swift
Cypseloides fumigatus(Streubel, AV, 1848)
English (US) Sooty Swift
The Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: eastern Bolivia to southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and adjacent ParaguayRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cypseloides fumigatus
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sooty Swift
- Described by
- (Streubel, AV, 1848)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hemiprocne fumigata
- Described by
- (Streubel, AV, 1848)
- Type locality
- Brazil, ex Natterer, MS.
- Original description
- Isis von Oken 41 col.366
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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