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Pygmy Palm Swift (Tachornis furcata) Range: SA: ne Colombia and w Venezuela

Only 10 cm. from head to tail!


Antillean Palm Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia iradii) Range: NA: Greater Antilles Cuba
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The Antillean Palm Swift is a small swift with distinctive black and white markings on its underparts, rump, and throat.


Fork-tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata squamata) Range: SA: Amazonia and e Brazil Trinidad
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A small widespread swift that nests in palms. Note thin forked tail, although fork may be difficult to see from distance. Once called Neotropical Palm Swift.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba