Swifts

White-chinned Swift

Cypseloides cryptus

The White-chinned Swift (Cypseloides cryptus) is a 35 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Swifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

35 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Guyana, Brazil, Belize, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras, GF, Guatemala, Bolivia, Suriname.

Where to see it: Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); PN Pico Bonito · Lodge at Pico Bonito (Honduras); Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary (Ecuador); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway (Guyana).

Photo: (c) Juan C. Espinosa, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Juan C. Espinosa via iNaturalist