Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) | Photos and ID

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Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 1 — Photo: Conrado Pável de Oliveira · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 2 — Photo: Conrado Pável de Oliveira · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 3 — Photo: Diego Carús · CC0

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 4 — Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 5 — Photo: Pedro Henrique Maloso Ramos · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 6 — Photo: Conrado Pável de Oliveira · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 7 — Photo: Conrado Pável de Oliveira · CC BY 4.0

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Pedro Henrique Maloso Ramos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Conrado Pável de Oliveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The sooty swift is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Males weigh about 42 g (1.5 oz) and females about 41 g (1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brown head, a black patch around the eye, and lighter brown forehead and cheeks. Their back is a darker brown than the head. The upper side of their tail is brown and the underside a grayer brown. The upper side of the wing is mostly blackish brown and the underside somewhat lighter. Juveniles have some gray fringing on the body and wings but are otherwise like adults. Voice: The sooty swift's flight calls have been described as "a rapid, rattling ti-i-i-i-a-a-a, as well as tiju-tiju and a weak sip or sip-sip."

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When to see the Sooty Swift

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sooty Swift

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Argentina Paraguay

About the Sooty Swift

The sooty swift is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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Easily confused with

White-chinned SwiftCypseloides cryptusThe white-chinned swift is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs about 35 g (1.2 oz). White-chested SwiftCypseloides lemosiThe white-chested swift is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz).

Spot-fronted SwiftCypseloides cherrieiThe spot-fronted swift is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs about 23 g (0.81 oz).

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