Great Dusky Swift
Cypseloides senex(Temminck, CJ, 1826)
English (US) Great Dusky Swift
The Great Dusky Swift (Cypseloides senex) 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: central and southern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cypseloides senex
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Dusky Swift
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1826)
No guides listed yet for Great Dusky Swift
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cypselus senex
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1826)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.67, vol.4 pl.397
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Swifts
White-chested Swift
Cypseloides lemosi
Rothschild's Swift
Cypseloides rothschildi
Sooty Swift
Cypseloides fumigatus
White-fronted Swift
Cypseloides storeri
White-chinned Swift
Cypseloides cryptus
Spot-fronted Swift
Cypseloides cherriei
White-throated Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
Silver-backed Needletail
Hirundapus cochinchinensis
Brown-backed Needletail
Hirundapus giganteus
Purple Needletail
Hirundapus celebensis
Philippine Spinetail
Mearnsia picina
Papuan Spinetail
Mearnsia novaeguineae
Looking for a different species?