Fork-tailed Palm-swift (Tachornis squamata)

Other Names (World)
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift, Neotropical Palm-swift, Fork-tailed Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
13.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1853)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From 200 - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Neotropical Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata) [XC825533]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Bosque de Guaduas - Finca Cuernavaca \/ Morelia, Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (flight call)

Neotropical Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata) [XC401367]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Cristalina, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

semota (Riley, 1933) - Eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru through eastern Colombia and north-western Brazil to southern and eastern Venezuela; possibly also northern Bolivia.
squamata (Cassin, 1853) - The Guianas and Trinidad to central and eastern Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Fork-tailed Palm-swift (Tachornis squamata) - 10 files

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