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Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata
(Cassin, J, 1853)
Vencejo de las Palmeras
Andorinhão-do-buriti
Family: Apodidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Vencejillo Tijereta.

Synonyms: Cypselus squamatus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 646490
  Adult
Manacapuru
Amazonas
Brazil
06/18/2025
Pablo Alberto Re
Foto
Photography ID: 557275
  Adult
Ramal Pau Rosa
Amazonas
Brazil
07/08/2023
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 546045
  Adult
Manaus
Amazonas
Brazil
07/08/2023
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 544613
  Adult
Ramal Pau Rosa
Amazonas
Brazil
07/08/2023
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 542242
  Adult
Manaus
Amazonas
Brazil
07/08/2023
Jorge Schlemmer



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233346618/06/2025BrazilAmazonasCirandeira Bela Pousada, ManacapuruPablo Alberto Re
181301716/07/2023BrazilAmazonasMusa - Torre de Observacion, Manaos4Pablo Eguia
181122509/07/2023BrazilAmazonasTorre Zf2Pablo Eguia
192060208/07/2023BrazilAmazonasRamal Pau RosaFederico J. Villegas
181101008/07/2023BrazilAmazonasRamal Pau RosaPablo Eguia
179700108/07/2023BrazilAmazonasManausJorge Schlemmer
106814427/04/2015BrazilAmazonasPresidente Figueiredo--área geral10Julian Quillen Vidoz
106814326/04/2015BrazilAmazonasPresidente Figueiredo--área geral20Julian Quillen Vidoz
106814023/04/2015BrazilAmazonasIlha da Marchantaria2Julian Quillen Vidoz
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Fork-tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 26/03/2026.