| American black swift | |
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| An adult on its nest in Shoshone County, Idaho | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Cypseloides |
| Species: | C. niger
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| Binomial name | |
| Cypseloides niger (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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| Range
breeding visitor
passage and vagrancy
present year-round
(movements in South America are poorly known) | |
The American black swift, or more simply black swift (Cypseloides niger), is a species of bird that is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica and Brazil. They are also found in the Caribbean.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2021). "Cypseloides niger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22686440A178440176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22686440A178440176.en.