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
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata Scientific name definitions
Sean Cooper
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 6, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 6, 2015
Demography and Populations
Introduction
There is no information related to topics such as age at first breeding, life span and survivorship, dispersal, or population regulation for Fork-tailed Palm-Swift.
