Sooty swift
Cypseloides fumigatus (Streubel, 1848)
The sooty swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 42 g to 42 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the sooty swift
- Weight
- 42 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
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the sooty swift live?
Not recorded
What is the sooty swift?
The sooty swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) 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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Is the sooty swift endangered?
The sooty swift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 sooty swift classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyApodidae
- genusCypseloides
- SpeciesCypseloides fumigatus (Streubel, 1848)
Synonyms Hemiprocne fumigata
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- سمامة سخماءArabic
- falciot fumatCatalan
- rorýs kouřovýCzech
- Sodfarvet SejlerDanish
- RauchseglerGerman
- fulga apodoEsperanto
- Vencejo negruzcoSpanish
- nõgi-kosepiiritajaEstonian
- nokikiitäjäFinnish
- Martinet fuligineuxFrench
- mrka čiopaCroatian
- füstös sarlósfecskeHungarian
- Rondone fuligginosoItalian
- ムジアマツバメJapanese
- tamsusis amerikinis čiurlysLithuanian
- Rookbruine GierzwaluwDutch
- sotseilerNorwegian
- cierniosternik okopconyPolish
- taperuçu-pretoPortuguese
- andorinhão-sombrioPortuguese
- Тёмный стрижRussian
- Тёмный американский стрижRussian
- sadziar dymovýSlovak
- Čađava čiopaSerbian
- sotseglareSwedish
- Dumanlı EbabilTurkish
- свіфт парагвайськийUkrainian
- 乌黑雨燕Chinese
- 暗色雨燕Chinese
Relatives of the sooty swift
Other species in the same genus Cypseloides.
American black swift
Cypseloides niger
Great dusky swift
Cypseloides senex
Rothschild's swift
Cypseloides rothschildi
White-chested swift
Cypseloides lemosi
White-chinned swift
Cypseloides cryptus
Spot-fronted swift
Cypseloides cherriei
CompareSooty swift vs American black swiftSooty swift vs Great dusky swiftSooty swift vs Rothschild's swiftSooty swift vs White-chested swift
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sooty swift?
An adult sooty swift weighs 42 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sooty swift endangered?
The sooty 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 sooty swift?
The sooty swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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