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Antillean Palm Swift
Tachornis phoenicobia Gosse, 1847
Apodidae — Swifts
Antillean Palm Swift, Tachornis phoenicobia, is a swift of the Greater Antilles in North America, breeding on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It was described by Gosse in 1847. It is a resident bird that also occurs on some small islands near Hispaniola, and has been recorded as a vagrant in Florida. It is seen over dry open ground with palms, scrub, forest, and built-up areas. A key feature is its hanging nest, made from plant fibres and feathers bound with saliva and fixed to the outside of a dead drooping palm frond.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae — Swifts
- Breeding range
- North America: Greater Antilles
