Black Swift Cypseloides niger Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (30)
- Subspecies (3)
Peter E. Lowther, Charles T. Collins, Carolyn Gunn, Jason Beason, Kim Potter, and M. Webb
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | falciot fosc |
Czech | rorýs černý |
Dutch | Zwarte Gierzwaluw |
English | Black Swift |
English (United States) | Black Swift |
French | Martinet sombre |
French (France) | Martinet sombre |
German | Schwarzsegler |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Chiksòl |
Icelandic | Svartsvölungur |
Japanese | クロムジアマツバメ |
Norwegian | svartseiler |
Polish | cierniosternik czarny |
Portuguese (Brazil) | taperuçu-escuro |
Russian | Американский стриж |
Serbian | Američka crna čiopa |
Slovak | sadziar čierny |
Spanish | Vencejo Negro |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Vencejo Negro |
Spanish (Cuba) | Vencejo negro |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Vencejo Negro |
Spanish (Honduras) | Vencejo Negro |
Spanish (Mexico) | Vencejo Negro |
Spanish (Panama) | Vencejo Negro |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Vencejo Negro |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo negro |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Vencejo Negro |
Swedish | svart seglare |
Turkish | Karaca Ebabil |
Ukrainian | Свіфт західний |
Cypseloides niger (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Hirundo nigra
Gmelin, JF, 1789. Syst.Nat. 1 pt2, p.1025.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Hispaniola.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYPSELOIDES
- cypseloides
- niger
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