Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Connor Rosenblatt
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 18, 2014
Text last updated July 18, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | falciot de les cascades |
Czech | rorýs zavalitý |
Dutch | Roetgierzwaluw |
English | Great Dusky Swift |
English (United States) | Great Dusky Swift |
French | Martinet à tête grise |
French (France) | Martinet à tête grise |
German | Rußsegler |
Japanese | オオムジアマツバメ |
Norwegian | fosseseiler |
Polish | cierniosternik ciemny |
Portuguese (Brazil) | taperuçu-velho |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Taperuçu-velho |
Russian | Сумеречный стриж |
Serbian | Velika tamna čiopa |
Slovak | sadziar sivohlavý |
Spanish | Vencejo Canoso |
Spanish (Argentina) | Vencejo de Cascada |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Vencejo de cascada |
Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo canoso |
Swedish | vattenfallsseglare |
Turkish | Boz Başlı Ebabil |
Ukrainian | Свіфт світлоголовий |
Cypseloides senex (Temminck, 1826)
PROTONYM:
Cypselus senex
Temminck, 1826. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.67, pl.397.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYPSELOIDES
- cypseloides
- senex
- Senex
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Introduction
Great Dusky Swift forages over forested and riverine habitats in eastern South America. in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It is well-known to birders for flying around the incredible torrents of Iguazu Falls. It is one of few species of swift that is regularly observed perched when it clings to exposed rock faces. Great Dusky Swift is dark grayish brown with a silvery head, and is fairly large in size.