Chestnut-collared Swift

Streptoprocne rutila

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Apodidae
Genus
Streptoprocne
eBird Code
chcswi1

Subspecies (3)

  • Streptoprocne rutila brunnitorques

    southeastern Mexico to Panama, and Andes from Colombia to Bolivia (but doubtfully distinct from nominate rutila, and distribution imperfectly known)

  • Streptoprocne rutila griseifrons

    western Mexico (Durango, Sinaloa, and Zacatecas southward to Oaxaca west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec)

  • Streptoprocne rutila rutila

    Venezuela (Andes and coastal ranges) and Trinidad; distribution imperfectly known

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.