The Vaux’s Swift (Chaetura vauxi) breeds from South Alaska, California, Mexico, to Panama and North Venezuela. This bird inhabits in pairs, and lives in pastures and cities or forests. Known as the common black swift of the highlands, it is 11 cm (4 inches) in height and 18 g in weight.

It is mostly glossy black, with rump, upper tail-coverts, and breast dull dark grayish-brown. Its throat is pale gay, its bill and feet are black. Its diet is based on ants, termites, bugs, flies and wasps.

The Costa Rican Swift (Chaetura fumosa) resides from northern Colombia to Costa Rica. It was split from the Band-rumped Swift. Its place is in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, pastures, in open habitats and agricultural fields.

This small bird is 11 cm in height and 18 g in weight. Its plumage is mostly sooty black, glossed with blue. Pale throat and pale rump-band. Bill and feet are black. Its diet is based on flying insects, as beetles and bees.

The Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) lives in Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil. It is seen in flocks of 20 over forests, open habits, or waterways in wet lowlands. Adults are 10 cm (4 inches) in height and 18 g in weight.

This small bird has a pale gray rump and throat. Matures are mostly glossy black, with sides of head and neck gray slate. Feet and bill are black. This bird eats flying ants, bees, wasps, beetles, and flies.

The Lesser Swallow-Tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) ranges from South Mexico to East Peru and Central Brazil. It is found over forests, in pastures, cropland, towns, and broad rivers. This small bird is 13 cm (5 inches) in height and 18 g in weight.

It is mostly glossy blue-black, with its throat and upper breast white. It has a long tail and lives in small groups. Food includes flying ants, termites, small beetles and bugs, flies, and wasps.