Fork-tailed palm swift

Fork-tailed palm swift
Fork-tailed palm-swift flying over Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Tachornis
Species:
T. squamata
Binomial name
Tachornis squamata
(Cassin, 1853)

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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