| Fork-tailed palm swift | |
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| Fork-tailed palm-swift flying over Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Tachornis |
| Species: | T. squamata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tachornis squamata (Cassin, 1853)
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The fork-tailed palm swift or Neotropical palm swift (Tachornis squamata) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found across most of northern South America and on Trinidad and Tobago.[2][3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Fork-tailed Palm-swift Tachornis squamata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686751A93125297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686751A93125297.en. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip retrieved August 7, 2022