African Palm Swift

It is a common resident breeder in tropical Africa. The down and feather nest is glued to the underside of a palm leaf with saliva, which is also used to secure the usually two eggs. This is a fast flying bird of open country, which is strongly associated with Oil Palms.

The African Palm Swift is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Physical characteristics: The African palm swift is about 6.1 inches long (16 centimeters) and weighs from 0.4 to 0.5 ounces (10 to 14 grams). The palm swift has gray-brown plumage. The head and wings are darker than the pale under parts, and some birds have streaks of color on their throats. In male birds the throat is whiter than in female swifts. Geographic range: African palm swifts live in sub-Saharan Africa, south of the Sahara Desert. More

English: African Palm Swift, African Palm-Swift, Old World Palm-Swift, Palm Swift Spanish: Vencejo Africano, Vencejo Palmero, Vencejo Palmero Africano Estonian: aafrika palmipiiritaja Finnish: Afrikanpalmukiitäjä French: Martinet des palmes, Martinet des palmiers Hindi: Ulavara kuruvi Icelandic: Pálmasvölungur Italian: Rondone delle palme africano Japanese: yashiamatsubame Japanese: ヤシアマツバメ Kwangali: Sisampamema Latin: Cypsiurus parvus, Cypsiurus parvus parvus Malagasy: Fangalamoty, Manaviandro, tsidintsidina, Tsidisidina Dutch: Afrikaanse Palmgierzwaluw More

The African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus) is a small swift. It is very similar to the Asian Palm Swift, Cypsiurus balasiensis, and was formerly considered to be the same species. It is a common resident breeder in tropical Africa. The down and feather nest is glued to the underside of a palm leaf with saliva, which is also used to secure the usually two eggs. This is a fast flying bird of open country, which is strongly associated with Oil Palms. More

The African Palm Swift is a very slender swift, grey-brown rather than black in colour. As with other swifts, almost always seen in flight. The bill is very short and the gape wide - so as to make catching insects easy. The feet are very weak, only capably of clinging on the underside of objects. Swifts have long pointed wings, which are curved back in a continuous arc, seldom showing an "elbow" like swallows. More

the African Palm Swift (photo) which occurs in subsaharan Africa from Kenya to South Africa and the Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) which occurs in southern Asia from India to the Phillipines. Photo: Martin Best www.wildpix.net African Palm Swift For more information about Swift species in East Asia, see http://asianbird.zo.ntu.edu.tw/bird_range.htm click on Apodiformes Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. More

african palm swift kruger national park birds The African Palm-Swift (Latin name Cypsiurus parvus) is described in Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, 7th Edition. This bird has a unique Roberts number of 421 and you will find a full description of this bird on page 233 also a picture of the African Palm-Swift on page 257. The African Palm-Swift belongs to the family of birds classified as apodidae. More

African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus) - African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus). Return. African Palm-Swift - Cypsiurus parvus - African Palm-Swift . To search for pictures in our gallery click Asian Palm Swift - encyclopedia article about Asian Palm Swift. ... - Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae African Palm Swift - encyclopedia article about African Palm Swift ... - E. coli. .... Click the link for more information. Cypsiurus parvus. More

African Palm Swift, Liwonde (Malawi), 24-Sep-08 African Palm Swift Afrikan palmukiitäjä Afrikan palmukiitäjä 080216AlfaB 137 Locations for recordings with GPS coordinates There is 1 record for sp:5926.00 (foreground species only). page 1 African Palm Swift Calls of group near nest site Cypsiurus parvus myochrous (1:04) Bram Piot XC37703 09-09-2009, Malawi page 1 © 2005-2010 Xeno-canto Foundation. More