American Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
IUCN: Vulnerable
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Cypseloides
- eBird Code
- blkswi
Subspecies (3)
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Cypseloides niger borealis
breeds in North America from southeastern Alaska southward to southern Mexico; nonbreeding range poorly known, but breeders from Colorado migrate to southwestern Brazil
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Cypseloides niger costaricensis
breeds in the highlands of Costa Rica; nonbreeding range not known
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Cypseloides niger niger
West Indies, Trinidad, and Guyana (Merumé Mountains)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.