Key Identification Features
- Gray, 1830)) are easily identified by their small size.
- Cypseloides niger, commonly known as the American black swift, has a distinct appearance in flight.
- There is visible color contrast between the inner and outer sections of the wing, and the shoulders are distinctly darker than other parts of the wing.
- Its plumage is entirely dark apart from an indistinct pale patch on the throat.
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