1853 S. W. Woodhouse in (U.S. Army Corps Topogr. Engineers) 35 I propose for it the name of the Rock Swift, (Acanthylis saxatilis).
1874 E. Coues 265 White-throated or Rock Swift.
1923 48 321 In America there is the white-throated rock swift found in the south-western states of Wyoming, Utah and Nevada.