White-chested swift
Cypseloides lemosi Eisenmann & Lehmann, 1962
The white-chested swift (Cypseloides lemosi) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 28.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the white-chested swift
- Weight
- 28.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the white-chested swift live?
Not recorded
What is the white-chested swift?
The white-chested swift (Cypseloides lemosi) is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Brazil.
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Is the white-chested swift endangered?
The white-chested 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 white-chested swift classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyApodidae
- genusCypseloides
- SpeciesCypseloides lemosi Eisenmann & Lehmann, 1962
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- سمامة بيضاء الصدرArabic
- falciot pitblancCatalan
- rorýs běloprsýCzech
- coblyn bronwynWelsh
- CaucasejlerDanish
- BrustfleckseglerGerman
- blankbrusta apodoEsperanto
- Vencejo pechiblancoSpanish
- Vencejo de Pecho BlancoSpanish
- valgepugu-kosepiiritajaEstonian
- liivikiitäjäFinnish
- Martinet à plastron blancFrench
- bjeloprsa čiopaCroatian
- foltosmellű sarlósfecskeHungarian
- Rondone pettobiancoItalian
- ムナジロムジアマツバメJapanese
- baltakrūtis amerikinis čiurlysLithuanian
- CaucagierzwaluwDutch
- hvitbrystseilerNorwegian
- cierniosternik kolumbijskiPolish
- taperuçu-de-peito-brancoPortuguese
- andorinhão-de-peito-brancoPortuguese
- Белогрудый стрижRussian
- Белогрудый американский стрижRussian
- sadziar bieloprsýSlovak
- Belogruda čiopaSerbian
- vitbröstad seglareSwedish
- Ak Göğüslü EbabilTurkish
- свіфт білогрудийUkrainian
- 白胸黑雨燕Chinese
Relatives of the white-chested swift
Other species in the same genus Cypseloides.
American black swift
Cypseloides niger
Great dusky swift
Cypseloides senex
Rothschild's swift
Cypseloides rothschildi
Sooty swift
Cypseloides fumigatus
White-chinned swift
Cypseloides cryptus
Spot-fronted swift
Cypseloides cherriei
CompareWhite-chested swift vs American black swiftWhite-chested swift vs Great dusky swiftWhite-chested swift vs Rothschild's swiftWhite-chested swift vs Sooty swift
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-chested swift?
An adult white-chested swift weighs 28.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-chested swift endangered?
The white-chested 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 white-chested swift?
The white-chested swift (Cypseloides lemosi) 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
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