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.

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) [XC625530]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Finca San Jorge, Morelia\/Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (call)

Neotropical Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata) [XC695126]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Play\u00f3n Finca San Jorge - Rio Bodoquero \/ Morelia, Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (flight call)

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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