See article Cypseloides is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae.

The exception being the American black swift, which has a wide range into North America.

The genus Cypseloides was introduced in 1848 by the German naturist August Vollrath Streubel.

[1] The type species was subsequently designated by Philip Sclater in 1865 as the sooty swift.

[2][3] The name combines the genus Cypselus introduced by Johann Illiger in 1811 and the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling".