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African or Malagasy Palm-Swift

Cypsiurus [parvus or gracilis] (= Cypsiurus parvus) (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2026-01-17 Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081167
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Albert Lastukhin 2013-02-08 Ifanadiana, Ifanadiana, Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) (480 m) flight call, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 125056
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2026-01-17 Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081169
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Tony Archer 2022-03-21 City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1300 m) adult, flight call, sex uncertain -

Above palm tree in suburbia

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 710191
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus David Darrell-Lambert 2024-03-01 Al Aridhah, Al Aridah, Jazan Province, Jizan (Saudi Arabia) (160 m) song - [sono] 881053
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus myochrous Frank Lambert 2017-11-01 Lake Manyara NP various locations, Babati, Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1000 m) flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 429538
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Lynette Rudman 2019-12-09 Masvingo, Masvingo Province, Masvingo (Zimbabwe) (1100 m) adult, flight call, sex uncertain -

Flight calls of a small flock of African Palm Swifts flying over palm trees in a large countryside garden in mid summer.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 522972
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus myochrous Nature sounds by Simply Birding 2013-12-29 Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa (South Africa) (550 m) adult, flight call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 615652
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2026-01-17 Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081576
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2026-01-17 Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081575
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus brachypterus Philippe Verbelen 2016-07-14 Santo Antonio, Principe, Principe (Sao Tome and Principe) (110 m) flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 348468
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Rolf A. de By 2013-10-31 Polytechnic of Nambia, Windhoek, Khomas (Namibia) (1700 m) flight call, possibly also alarm call -

High-pass filter for traffic noise.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 153527
xeno-canto.org
Malagasy Palm Swift - Cypsiurus gracilis Albert Lastukhin 2013-02-08 Ranomafana, Ifanadiana, Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Vatovavy Fitovinany (Madagascar) (900 m) call, flight call - [sono] 979921
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2019-11-04 Amani nature reserve, Tanga, Tanga (Tanzania) call -

Calls in flight and at nest in a palm tree.

 510127
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus David Darrell-Lambert 2024-03-01 Al Aridhah, Al Aridah, Jazan Province, Jizan (Saudi Arabia) (160 m) song - [sono] 881054
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Meena Haribal 2019-10-22 Victoria Falls, Hwange, Matabeleland North Province, Matabeleland North (Zimbabwe) (950 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 613397
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus myochrous James Bradley 2017-12-06 Endebess, Trans-Nzoia County, Trans Nzoia (Kenya) (1900 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 396390
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus myochrous Frank Lambert 2017-11-01 Lake Manyara NP various locations, Babati, Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1000 m) flight call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 429540
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2026-01-17 Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081168
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2026-01-17 Campement de Wassadou, Tambacounda (Senegal) (? m) call - [sono] 1081577
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Peter Boesman 2026-01-17 , Tambacounda (Senegal)   -   650131179
macaulaylibrary.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Louis A. Hansen 2018-10-27 Research Flats on campus, University of Dar es salaam, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) (100 m) call -

Volume increase and high pass applied with Audacity.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 440311
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus David Darrell-Lambert 2024-03-01 Al Sadd Lake, Al Aridah, Jazan Province, Jizan (Saudi Arabia) (160 m) call - [sono] 1058815
xeno-canto.org
African Palm Swift - Cypsiurus parvus Gregory Askew 2021-09-24 وادي هوران, Al Makhwah, Al Bahah Province, Al Bahah (Saudi Arabia) (750 m) call, flight call -

flying low over the farm and making passes beneath presumably their roost palm

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 676958
xeno-canto.org
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