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Cypseloides Swifts
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Cypseloides Swifts

Cypseloides

Cypseloides is a genus of swift in the family Apodidae. It contains nine described species. They occur mainly in Central and South America. The exception being the American black swift, which has a wide range into North America.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Black Swift

speciesCypseloides niger

Great Dusky Swift

speciesCypseloides senex

White-chinned Swift

speciesCypseloides cryptus

Spot-fronted Swift

speciesCypseloides cherriei

Sooty Swift

speciesCypseloides fumigatus

White-chested Swift

speciesCypseloides lemosi

White-fronted Swift

speciesCypseloides storeri

Rothschild's Swift

speciesCypseloides rothschildi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 6663.