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Black Swift
Vencejo Negro
Cypseloides niger
The American black swift, or more simply black swift (Cypseloides niger), is a species of bird that is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica and Brazil. They are also found in the Caribbean.
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Sound recorded by Richard E. Webster · XC677202 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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Island profile
About the Black Swift
The American black swift, or more simply black swift (Cypseloides niger), is a species of bird that is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica and Brazil. They are also found in the Caribbean.
Conservation
Vulnerable
IUCN VU; DNER VU
- Global IUCN
- VU
- Puerto Rico DNER
- VU
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- Montane cliffs; waterfalls; humid forest airspace
- Elevation
- 0–3560 m
- Nest
- Rock
- Clutch
- 1–1 eggs
- Social behavior
- Colonial
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Evidence trail
Sources, media & further reading
Research note: Commonwealth VU in cited 2026 compilation