Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata - Martinet claudia

Systematics

Order
:
Apodiformes
Family
:
Apodidés
Genus
:
Tachornis
Species
:
squamata

Descriptor

Cassin, 1853

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Fork-tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata) is a species of bird in the Apodidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Tachornis squamata squamata (Trinidad, the Guianas to Amazonia and e Brazil)
Tachornis squamata semota (e Ecuador and ne Peru through e Colombia and nw Brazil to s and e Venezuela)

Foreign names

Martinet claudia,
Vencejillo tijereta,
andorinhão-do-buriti,
Gabelschwanzsegler,
villásfarkú sarlósfecske,
Braziliaanse Palmgierzwaluw,
Rondone delle palme codaforcuta,
gaffelstjärtad palmseglare,
Moricheseiler,
dážďovník nožnicochvostý,
rorýs vidloocasý,
Kløfthalet Palmesejler,
pussikiitäjä,
falciot de palmera gros,
widłogończyk łuskowany,
Вилохвостый карликовый стриж,
オナガヤシアマツバメ,
叉尾棕雨燕,
叉尾棕雨燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest