Fork-tailed Palm Swift - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Neotropical Palm Swift

Photo by Rodrigo Conte
Brasilia, Brazil, January 2014

Tachornis squamata

Distribution

Caribbean: found only in Trinidad and Tobago
South America: occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Guianas

Taxonomy

• T. s. semota:

• Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil

• T. s. squamata

• Trinidad and the Guianas to Amazonian and eastern Brazil

Habitat

Tropical Savanna

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Fork-tailed Palm Swift. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fork-tailed_Palm_Swift

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