Pygmy Palm Swift (Tachornis furcata)
About the Pygmy Palm Swift
The pygmy palm swift (Tachornis furcata), also known as the pygmy swift, is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The pygmy palm swift was at times placed in the monotypic genus Micropanyptila. It was also previously lumped as a subspecies of what is now the fork-tailed palm swift (Tachornis squamata) in genus Reinarda. It has two subspecies, the nominate T. f. furcata and T. f. nigrodorsalis.
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Listed as recorded in Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.