Species profile
Sooty Swift
Cypseloides fumigatus
Quick answer
E Bolivia to se Brazil, ne Argentina and adjacent Paraguay
- Scientific name
- Cypseloides fumigatus
- Family
- Apodidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Cypseloides
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Sooty Swift in your journal
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