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Fork-tailed Palm Swift
Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Hummingbirds & swifts

Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata (Cassin, 1853)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishFork-tailed Palm Swift
DutchBraziliaanse Palmgierzwaluw
SpanishVencejillo tijereta
Chinese叉尾棕雨燕
Scientific nameTachornis squamata (Cassin, 1853)

About this species

The fork-tailed palm swift or Neotropical palm swift (Tachornis squamata) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found across most of northern South America and on Trinidad and Tobago.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyApodidae
GenusTachornis

In Suriname

1,527Records in Suriname
11iNaturalist observations
1949First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para884
  • Paramaribo283
  • Commewijne133
  • Sipaliwini95
  • Brokopondo56
  • Wanica22
  • Marowijne11
  • Nickerie9
  • Saramacca7
  • Coronie2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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