Swifts

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Panyptila cayennensis

The Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) is a 21 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Swifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, GF, Suriname, Guyana, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary (Ecuador); Canopy Tower (Panama); Cattle Landing · waterfront (Belize); PN Tikal · sitio arqueológico (Guatemala); Chan Chich Lodge (Belize).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist