Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Panyptila cayennensis(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
The Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: southeastern Mexico southward to northern Bolivia and central and southeastern Brazil; also TrinidadRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Panyptila cayennensis
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo cayennensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.1024
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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