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Fork-tailed Palm Swift
Tachornis squamata (Cassin, J 1853)
The Neotropical palm swift or fork-tailed palm swift is a swift native to tropical South America and Trinidad in the Caribbean. Source: Wikipedia
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Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
Genus:
Tachornis
Scientific:
Tachornis squamata
Classification
Order:Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
Genus:
Tachornis
Scientific:
Tachornis squamata
Original description
Citation:
(Cassin, J 1853)
Reference:
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
6, no.9 p.369
Protonym:
Cypselus squamatus
Type locality:
British Guiana.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17888#page/391/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
F0D08AFF601DAA17
Avibase ID:
avibase-F0D08AFF
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F0D08AFF
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554998
Geographic range:
- Tachornis squamata: palm stands and palm swamps in tropical rainforest in the Río Orinoco and Amazon River basins in the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, and most Venezuela southward across eastern Colombia and Ecuador to northern Bolivia, and in the entire Amazon basin of Brazil eastward to the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil, in Rio Grande do Norte southward to Bahia, and southward across interior Brazil to southern São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul
- Tachornis squamata squamata: Trinidad and the Guianas to Amazonian and eastern Brazil
- Tachornis squamata semota: eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil
Source: Clements checklist
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Afrikaans:
Mikstertpalmwindswael
Bulgarian:
Американски палмов бързолет
Catalan:
Falciot de palmera gros
Czech:
rorýs vidloocasý
Danish:
Kløfthalet Palmesejler
German:
Gabelschwanzsegler
Esperanto:
forkvosta palmapodo
Spanish:
Vencejillo Tijereta
Spanish (Spain):
Vencejillo Tijereta
Estonian:
ameerika palmipiiritaja
Finnish:
pussikiitäjä
French:
Martinet claudia
Croatian:
pjegavoprsa čiopa
Hungarian:
villásfarkú sarlósfecske
Italian:
Rondone delle palme codaforcuta
Japanese (romaji):
onagayashiamatsubame
Japanese:
オナガヤシアマツバメ
Lithuanian:
Skeltauodegis čiurlelis
Dutch:
Braziliaanse Palmgierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Moricheseglar
Norwegian:
Moricheseiler
Polish:
widłogończyk łuskowany
Portuguese:
Andorinhão-do-buriti
Portuguese (Brazil):
andorinhão-do-buriti
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinhão-das-palmeiras-americano
Russian:
Вилохвостый стрижик
Slovak:
dážďovník nožnicochvostý
Serbian:
Račvorepa palmina čiopa
Swedish:
gaffelstjärtad palmseglare
Turkish:
Amerika palmiye ebabili
Ukrainian:
Серпокрилець-крихітка неотропічний
Chinese:
叉尾棕雨燕
Chinese (Traditional):
叉尾棕雨燕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Martinet claudia ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Martinet claudia ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Fork-tailed Palm-swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Neotropical Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Reinarda squamata [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Reinarda squamata [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Reinarda squamata [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Fork-tailed Palm Swift ( Tachornis squamata) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tachornis squamata [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tachornis squamata [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Mikstertpalmwindswael
Bulgarian: Американски палмов бързолет
Catalan: Falciot de palmera gros
Czech: Rorýs vidloocasý
Danish: Kløfthalet Palmesejler
German: Claudiasegler, Gabelschwantzsegler, Gabelschwanzsegler, Gabelschwanz-Segler
English: Fork tailed Palm Swift, Fork-tailed Palm Swift, Fork-tailed Palm-Swift, Fork-tailed Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, Neotropical Palm-Swift
English (Avilist): Fork-tailed Palm Swift
English, HBW: Fork-tailed Palm-swift
English (IOC): Neotropical Palm Swift
English (United States): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Esperanto: Forkovosta palmapuso, forkvosta palmapodo
Spanish: Vencejillo Tijereta, Vencejo Palmero, Vencejo Tijereta, Vencejo Tijereta de las Palmas
Spanish (Argentine): Vencejo tijereta
Spanish (Colombia): Vencejo Palmero
Spanish (Ecuador): Vencejo de Morete
Spanish (Spain): Vencejillo Tijereta
Spanish (HBW): Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Spanish (Peru): Vencejo Tijereta de Palmeras
Spanish (Venezuela): Vencejo Tijereta
Estonian: ameerika palmipiiritaja
Finnish: Pussikiitäjä
French: Martinet claudia
French (Guyane): Martinet claudia
Croatian: pjegavoprsa čiopa
Hungarian: villásfarkú sarlósfecske
Italian: Rondone delle palme codaforcuta
Japanese (romaji): onagayashiamatsubame
Japanese: オナガヤシアマツバメ
Scientific: Cypselus squamatus, Reinarda squamata, Tachornis squamata, Tachornis squamata squamata
Lithuanian: Skeltauodegis čiurlelis
Dutch: Braziliaanse Palmgierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Moricheseglar
Norwegian: Moricheseiler
Polish: widlogonczyk luskowany, widłogończyk łuskowany
Portuguese: Andorinhão-do-buriti, poruti, taperá-de-colar-branco, taperá-do-buriti, taperá-rabo-tesoura, tesourinha
Portuguese (Brazil): andorinhao-do-buriti, andorinhão-do-buriti, poruti, taperá-de-colar-branco, taperá-do-buriti, taperá-rabo-tesoura, Tesourinha
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-das-palmeiras-americano, Andorinhão-tesourinha
Russian: Вилохвостый карликовый стриж, Вилохвостый стрижик, Стриж вилохвостый пальмовый
Slovak: dážďovník nožnicochvostý
Serbian: Račvorepa palmina čiopa
Swedish: Gaffelstjärtad dvärgseglare, gaffelstjärtad palmseglare
Turkish: Amerika palmiye ebabili
Ukrainian: Серпокрилець-крихітка неотропічний
Chinese: 叉尾棕雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 叉尾棕雨燕
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