Birds of Bolivia

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Genus: Cypseloides (3 species, 8 worldwide)

Cypseloides is a genus of medium sized uniformly dark swifts with a square or only slightly forked tail.


Sooty Swift
Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) Rare/Accidental
Fazenda do Alemão, Mambaí, Brazil
  Note long wings and medium size at 15 cm. Tail appears square when closed. 		   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Sooty Swift
Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus) Rare/Accidental
Intervales, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Rothschild's Swift (Cypseloides rothschildi)
   



Great Dusky Swift
Great Dusky Swift (Cypseloides senex)
Salto do Itiquira, Formosa, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.
A large swift that hangs underneath waterfalls including Iguazu.

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