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Grey-rumped swift

Chaetura cinereiventris P. L. Sclater, 1862

LCLeast Concernbirds

The grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 13.9 g to 14.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
Photo: Joseph Wolf ? · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grey-rumped swift

Weight
13.9 g – 14.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the grey-rumped swift

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Grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the grey-rumped swift live?

Not recorded

What is the grey-rumped swift?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The grey-rumped swift or gray-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama; in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Suriname, and Uruguay; in Trinidad and Tobago; and on Grenada.

From the Wikipedia article “Grey-rumped swift” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey-rumped_swift&oldid=1340013530), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the grey-rumped swift sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the grey-rumped swift endangered?

The grey-rumped swift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the grey-rumped swift classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusChaetura
  7. SpeciesChaetura cinereiventris P. L. Sclater, 1862
Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Gray-rumped swiftEnglish
  • Gray-rumped swiftEnglish
  • سمامة رمادية الردفArabic
  • falciot cuaespinós cendrósCatalan
  • rorýs šedobřichýCzech
  • coblyn tinllwydWelsh
  • Grågumpet TornhalesejlerDanish
  • GraubürzelseglerGerman
  • grizpuga apodoEsperanto
  • Vencejo LomigrísSpanish
  • Vencejo cenicientoSpanish
  • Vencejo chicoSpanish
  • Vencejo de Lomo GrisSpanish
  • läik-kammsabaEstonian
  • harmaaperäkiitäjäFinnish
  • Martinet à croupion grisFrench
  • sivotrba čiopaCroatian
  • szürkefarkú sarlósfecskeHungarian
  • Rondone groppagrigiaItalian
  • ハイゴシハリオアマツバメJapanese
  • pilkasturplė cheturaLithuanian
  • GrijsstuitgierzwaluwDutch
  • grågumpseilerNorwegian
  • kominiarczyk szarawyPolish
  • andorinhão-de-sobre-cinzentoPortuguese
  • andorinhão-d'uropígio-cinzentoPortuguese
  • Гвианский иглохвостRussian
  • Серогузый иглохвостRussian
  • srp sivo-čiernySlovak
  • Sivoleđa čiopaSerbian
  • grågumpseglareSwedish
  • Gri Belli İğnekuyrukTurkish
  • голкохвіст сірогузийUkrainian
  • 淡腰雨燕Chinese
  • 灰腰刺尾雨燕Chinese

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Relatives of the grey-rumped swift

Other species in the same genus Chaetura.

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Common questions

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How big is the grey-rumped swift?

An adult grey-rumped swift weighs 13.9 g – 14.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey-rumped swift endangered?

The grey-rumped swift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the grey-rumped swift?

The grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-rumped-swift

MLA

“Grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-rumped-swift.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_rumped_swift_2026,
  title = {Grey-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-rumped-swift},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}