Fork-tailed Palm Swift
Tachornis squamata(Cassin, J, 1853)
English (US) Fork-tailed Palm Swift
The Fork-tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata) 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 squamata
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1853)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Tachornis squamata squamata
- Tachornis squamata semota
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cypselus squamatus
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1853)
- Type locality
- British Guiana.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6 p.369
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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