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title: "White-collared Swift"
description: "Streptoprocne zonaris — Birds. The white-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-collared-swift
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-collared Swift

> Streptoprocne zonaris — Birds. The white-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae.

- Scientific name: *Streptoprocne zonaris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2881
- Wikidata: [Q1269417](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269417)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6597](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6597)

## Names

- en: White-collared Swift
- de: Halsbandsegler
- es: Vencejo Collar Blanco
- fr: Martinet à collier blanc
- nl: Witkraaggierzwaluw
- pl: Lotniarz obrożny

## Countries with the most observations

MX (492), BR (395), CR (257), CO (236), EC (175), AR (110), PE (98), HN (83), PA (63), SV (52), GT (27), JM (17)

## Summary

The white-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, and every mainland South American country.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collared_swift

## Photo

![White-collared Swift](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-collared-swift/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193185149

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-collared-swift?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).