Malagasy palm swift
| Malagasy palm swift | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Cypsiurus |
| Species: | C. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cypsiurus gracilis (Sharpe, 1871)
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The Malagasy palm swift (Cypsiurus gracilis) is a small swift in the family Apodidae. It is very similar to the African palm swift, Cypsiurus parvus, with which it was formerly considered conspecific. It was split based on differences in vocalizations and plumage coloration.[1][2]
Distribution
The Malagasy palm swift is native to Madagascar and Comoros.
References
- ^ Mills, M.S.L.; Boesman, P.; Collar, N.J. (2019). "Species limits in the African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 139: 75–82. doi:10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a6.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 June 2019.