Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | falciot fumat |
| Czech | rorýs kouřový |
| Dutch | Rookbruine Gierzwaluw |
| English | Sooty Swift |
| English (United States) | Sooty Swift |
| French | Martinet fuligineux |
| French (France) | Martinet fuligineux |
| German | Rauchsegler |
| Japanese | ムジアマツバメ |
| Norwegian | sotseiler |
| Polish | cierniosternik okopcony |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | taperuçu-preto |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Taperuçu-preto |
| Russian | Тёмный стриж |
| Serbian | Čađava čiopa |
| Slovak | sadziar dymový |
| Spanish | Vencejo Negruzco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Vencejo Negruzco |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Vencejo negruzco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo negruzco |
| Swedish | sotseglare |
| Turkish | Dumanlı Ebabil |
| Ukrainian | Свіфт парагвайський |
Sooty Swift Cypseloides fumigatus
Version: 1.0 — Published September 26, 2014
Behavior
Introduction
Little information. Sooty Swift captures insects in flight, in typical swift fashion. The wing beats are described as slower than in Chaetura swifts (W.A. Voss, cited by Belton 1984). Roosts "on cliffs and behind waterfalls" (Belton 1984).
Territoriality
There is no information reported about territoriality in Sooty Swift.
Sexual Behavior
Little known. Courtship displays, if any, apparently undescribed. Presumably is at least socially monogamous.
Social and interspecific behavior
Little information. Usually reported as foraging in small groups, e.g. in groups of three to six individuals (Sick 1993), but Belton (1984) found an apparent roost of 100 or more individuals (Belton 1984). Sometimes forages with other species of swifts, such as White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris), Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata), and Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) (Belton 1984).
Predation
There are no reports of predation on Sooty Swift?
