African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Cypsiurus parvus brachypterus

Sierra Leone to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Gulf of Guinea islands
Cypsiurus parvus celer

Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal
Cypsiurus parvus hyphaenes

northern Namibia and northern Botswana
Cypsiurus parvus laemostigma

coastal lowlands of southern Somalia to Mozambique
Cypsiurus parvus myochrous

southern South Sudan southward to northeastern South Africa
Cypsiurus parvus parvus

Senegambia eastward to South Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia; also southwestern Saudi Arabia and western Yemen

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.