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Apodiformes / Apodidae / Tachornis

Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ftpswi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Tachornis

Subspecies (2)

Tachornis squamata semota

eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil
Tachornis squamata squamata

Trinidad and the Guianas to Amazonian and eastern Brazil

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ftpswi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.