White-chinned Swift
Cypseloides cryptus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusCypseloides (Cypseloides Swifts)
- SpeciesCypseloides cryptus (White-chinned Swift)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 13 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 16 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 17 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 18 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a White-chinned Swift in Soberanía National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a White-chinned Swift sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see White-chinned Swift in Soberanía National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for White-chinned Swift in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.