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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
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[[Caribbean]]: found only in [[Trinidad and Tobago]]<br />
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[[South America]]: occurs in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Brazil]] and [[Guianas]]
 
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*''T. s. semota'':
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:*Eastern [[Colombia]] to southern [[Venezuela]], eastern [[Ecuador]], north-eastern [[Peru]] and north-western [[Brazil]]
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:*[[Trinidad]] and the [[Guianas]] to Amazonian and eastern [[Brazil]]
 
==Habitat==
 
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Tropical Savanna
 
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Alternative name: Neotropical Palm Swift

Photo by Rodrigo Conte
Brasilia, Brazil, January 2014
Tachornis squamata

Identification

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

  • T. s. semota:
  • T. s. squamata

Habitat

Tropical Savanna

Behaviour

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/

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