SWIFTS   -   APODIDAE

Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex Casca Danta waterfall, Serra da Canstra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Swifts might be the hardest family in the world to photograph in the wild. The few photos here are the only ones I've ever managed, all of them digiscoped at a large distance on the rock faces next to the Casca Danta waterfall in Canastra NP. They nest here in crevaces in the rock. (D3)

Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex Casca Danta, Serra da Canstra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Their pale heads are more obvious in this shot even through it is blurry. (D3)

White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris zonaris Casca Danta waterfall, Serra da Canstra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. (D3)

Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus aetherodroma Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. Crap photo, but I lower my standards when swifts are involved. Shooting flying swifts is about as challenging as you can get. This species is found over rainforest from Panama to Brazil. (S5)

Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris sclateri Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Flock of swifts frequently came down to drink out of the Cristalino River. (S6)

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