Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (2)
Sean Cooper
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 6, 2015
Text last updated March 6, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | falciot de les palmeres gros |
| Czech | rorýs vidloocasý |
| Dutch | Braziliaanse Palmgierzwaluw |
| English | Fork-tailed Palm Swift |
| English (United States) | Fork-tailed Palm Swift |
| French | Martinet claudia |
| French (France) | Martinet claudia |
| German | Gabelschwanzsegler |
| Japanese | オナガヤシアマツバメ |
| Norwegian | moricheseiler |
| Polish | widłogończyk łuskowany |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | andorinhão-do-buriti |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-tesourinha |
| Russian | Вилохвостый стрижик |
| Serbian | Račvorepa palmina čiopa |
| Slovak | dážďovník nožnicochvostý |
| Spanish | Vencejillo Tijereta |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Vencejo Tijereta |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Vencejo de Morete |
| Spanish (Peru) | Vencejo Tijereta de Palmeras |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejillo tijereta |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Vencejo Tijereta |
| Swedish | gaffelstjärtad palmseglare |
| Turkish | Amerika Palmiye Ebabili |
| Ukrainian | Серпокрилець-крихітка неотропічний |
Tachornis squamata (Cassin, 1853)
PROTONYM:
Cypselus squamatus
Cassin, 1853. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6, p.369.
TYPE LOCALITY:
British Guiana.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TACHORNIS
- squamata
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Distribution of the Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
