Black Swift
Common
Name: Black Swift (BLSW)
Scientific
Name: Cypseloides
niger
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: NOT on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
U.S.
– Bird of Conservation Concern
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 676 (Lowther and Collins 2002)
Distribution:
Breeds locally from se Alaska (north to the Stikine River), s-c
British Columbia, and sw Alberta south through the Pacific states to s
California, and from Idaho, nw Montana, w and c Colorado, c Utah, se
Arizona, n-c New Mexico, Chihuahua, Durango, Nayarit, Hidalgo, and
Veracruz south through s Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras to Costa Rica
(not recorded in Nicaragua); and in the Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica,
Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St.
Lucia, and St. Vincent). Winters
(presumably) in
South America
, but distribution unknown. (AOU 1998)
Habitat
Associations:
Primarily montane areas (except in the most northern part of the
range), foraging over both forest and open areas; nests in crevices or
shallow caves in steep rock faces and canyons, usually near or behind
waterfalls (occasionally in sea caves) (Subtropical and Temperate zones) (AOU
1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: Colorado Bird Conservation
Plan; Alaska Bird Conservation Plan; New Mexico Bird Conservation Plan;
Canadian Action Plan (Dunn 2002),
BNA No. 676 (Lowther and Collins 2002); PIF Monitoring Needs document
(Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category:
Mo2
(BBS trends have very low precision)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct species-specific surveys (PIF Monitoring
Needs doc); (similar identified needs) Test and evaluate monitoring
protocols for breeding BLSW (Colorado); Document BLSW breeding areas
in northern New Mexico (New Mexico); Develop programs to locate nest
colonies, periodically assess population status across range, survey
specific sites annually, determine if there are sites suitable for
migration counts (Canadian Action Plan); Determine population status
of BLSWs in se Alaska (Alaska); Find additional nest sites in all
parts of BLSW range (BNA)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct Mexican/Caribbean
species-specific surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
Habitat
Needs/Ecology/Life History
- More
information on BLSW behavior (including at the nest, post fledging
period, dispersal of young birds, daily foraging range) (BNA)
Effects
of Management Practices
- Effects
of large-scale wildland fires, prescribed fires and restoration
efforts, including effects on foraging habitat of BLSW (
Colorado
)
- Interaction
between forestry practices, flying ant abundance, and BLSW nesting
success (Canadian Action Plan)
Effects
of Human Development/Disturbance
- Effects
of rock climbing during the summer and ice climbing during the winter
on priority species including BLSW (
Colorado
)
- Identify
BLSW nesting habitat most susceptible to disturbance (
Colorado
)
Migration
- Identify
key migratory stopover areas and habitats of BLSW (
Colorado
)
Wintering
- Identify
wintering areas
- Identify principal wintering areas for BLSW in
Mexico
, Central or South America (
Colorado
); Determine BLSW winter range (Canadian Action Plan)
- More
information on behavior & ecology during nonbreeding season (BNA)
Demographics
- Conduct
demographic studies of BLSWs (
Colorado
)
Habitat
Restoration
- See
needs under “Effects of Management Actions”
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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