Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusCypseloides (Cypseloides Swifts)
- SpeciesCypseloides niger (Black Swift)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
White-chinned Swift
Cypseloides cryptus
Short-tailed Swift
Chaetura brachyura
Band-rumped Swift
Chaetura spinicaudus
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Panyptila cayennensis
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Vaux's Swift
Chaetura vauxi
White-collared Swift
Streptoprocne zonaris
Chapman's Swift
Chaetura chapmani
White-necked Jacobin
Florisuga mellivora
Damophila julie
Chlorestes julie
Long-billed Hermit
Phaethornis longirostris
Amazilia amabilis
Polyerata amabilis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black Swift in Soberanía National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Black Swift sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 48 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black Swift in Soberanía National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Black Swift in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.