[5][3][6] It occurs over several forest types, semi-open areas, pastures, and agricultural fields.

[2] The Costa Rican swift is considered a year-round resident throughout its range.

The Costa Rican swift makes "high-pitched calls such as single 'weet', 'tsew' or 'tsee' notes" and usually combines them with "longer twittering series such as 'titititititititi' or 'titititrrrr'.

Though it has a somewhat restricted range its estimated population of between 20,000 and 50,000 mature individuals is believed to be stable.

[1] It is "[o]ften the commonest Chaetura within its range" and is considered abundant in the Costa Rican lowlands though rare in Panama.