Streptoprocne

• White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

  The White-collared Swift is a large swift with a conspicuous white collar on its black body. It flies in flocks across the American tropics and catches insects in the air.

• Biscutate Swift Streptoprocne biscutata

  It ranges through eastern Brazil into northeastern Argentina. In southern Brazil it nests on cave walls and in crevices, and its chicks grow gray first feathers.

• Tepui Swift Streptoprocne phelpsi

  The Tepui Swift lives in the table-top mountains known as tepuis and catches small animals in the air by day.

• Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila

  The Chestnut-collared Swift catches flying insects above mountain forests and open areas. Males have a rufous collar; in females and young birds it may be incomplete or absent.

• White-naped Swift Streptoprocne semicollaris

  This large swift occurs in the mountains of Mexico. It catches flying insects above forests and uses caves or cliff crevices for roosting and nesting.

• White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

  The White-collared Swift is a large swift with a conspicuous white collar on its black body. It flies in flocks across the American tropics and catches insects in the air.