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Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia Scientific name definitions

Omyia Damaj
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 14, 2014

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Introduction

Antillean Palm-swift is a small blackish brown and white swift with a distinctly forked tail. Mainly found in low, seasonally wet grasslands and second growth scrub in the Greater Antilles, Antillean Palm-Swift spends most of the day on the wing in search of flying insects. Very adaptable, it often is found in close association with humans, even in large cities, using planted royal palms for nesting and roosting. Due to its adaptability to human-modified environments, the population of Antillean Palm-Swift is believed to be stable.

Distribution of the Antillean Palm-Swift - Range Map
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  • Migration
  • Breeding
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Distribution of the Antillean Palm-Swift

Recommended Citation

Damaj, O. (2020). Antillean Palm Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.anpswi.01
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