Pygmy Palm Swift
Tachornis furcata(Sutton, GM, 1928)
English (US) Pygmy Palm Swift
The Pygmy Palm Swift (Tachornis furcata) 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.
- Scientific name
- Tachornis furcata
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pygmy Palm Swift
- Described by
- (Sutton, GM, 1928)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Tachornis furcata furcata
- Tachornis furcata nigrodorsalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Micropanyptila furcata
- Described by
- (Sutton, GM, 1928)
- Type locality
- Guachi, Zulia, Venezuela.
- Original description
- The Auk 45, no.2 p.135 pl.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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