Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Panyptila cayennensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusPanyptila (Swallow-tailed Swifts)
- SpeciesPanyptila cayennensis (Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift)
Closest Relatives at Caroni Swamp
Short-tailed Swift
Chaetura brachyura
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Tachornis squamata
Band-rumped Swift
Chaetura spinicaudus
Gray-rumped Swift
Chaetura cinereiventris
White-collared Swift
Streptoprocne zonaris
Green-throated Mango
Anthracothorax viridigula
Copper-rumped Hummingbird
Saucerottia tobaci
White-tailed Goldenthroat
Polytmus guainumbi
Blue-chinned Sapphire
Chlorestes notata
Black-throated Mango
Anthracothorax nigricollis
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Chrysolampis mosquitus
Green Hermit
Phaethornis guy
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift at Caroni Swamp — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there