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Pygmy Palm Swift
Tachornis furcata (Sutton, 1928)
Apodidae — Swifts
Pygmy Palm Swift Tachornis furcata is a swift of north-eastern Colombia and western Venezuela, where it breeds in lowland tropical evergreen forest, secondary growth, regrowing scrub and open country with palms. It is a small swift with long, narrow, pointed wings and a deeply forked tail. The sexes look the same. The nominate form has brown upperparts, a whitish throat and upper belly divided by a brown band, and brown underparts below. Another race is darker above and has a whiter throat.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae — Swifts
- Breeding range
- South America: ne Colombia and w Venezuela
