There are three subspecies of black swift. I saw the nominate ssp. C. n. niger, found in the West Indies and Trinidad. On February 18, 2023 I visited Hotel Mockingbird Hill in Drapers, Jamaica and had a guide, Lyndon Johnson of Arrowhead Birding. We spent time birding there and also at San San Police Station Road nearby. At one of the sites, I don't remember which, we spotted a black swift and I was unable to get a photo of it. However, I do count it as one of the birds on my life list.
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| Illustration of a black swift from Birds of the World. |
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| Range of the black swift from Wikipedia. Unlike the range map on Birds of the World, it shows them present in the Caribbean. The purple indicates they are present year round and not migratory there. |
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