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)
Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex Scientific name definitions
Connor Rosenblatt
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 18, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 18, 2014
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
The primary vocalization of Great Dusky Swift is a short chatter followed by a rasp; it is described by Sick (1993) as "a ti-ti-ti sound followed by a buzz, tirr-tshaarr".
There are very few audio recordings of Great Dusky Swift; examples can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.
