Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Swifts :: Great Dusky Swift

Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex

Described by: Temminck (1826)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Aerornis senex, Chaetura major

Photographs

near Iguazu Falls, Argentina - Oct, 2004 © Harold Stiver  near Iguazu Falls, Argentina - Oct, 2004 © Harold Stiver  near Iguazu Falls, Argentina - Oct, 2004 © Harold Stiver  Iguazu Falls, Paraná, Brazil - Sep, 2004 © Tom Stephenson 
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Range

Sc. to se. tropical South America;
C. and s. Brazil (Bahia, Chapada Diamantina (Livramento do Brumado), Itubera), Paraguay and ne. Argentina (Misiones).
Recently recorded in ne. Bolivia (Serrania de Huanchaca).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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