---
title: "Braziliaanse palmgierzwaluw"
description: "Tachornis squamata — Vogels. The fork-tailed palm swift or Neotropical palm swift (Tachornis squamata) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/fork-tailed-palm-swift
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Braziliaanse palmgierzwaluw

> Tachornis squamata — Vogels. The fork-tailed palm swift or Neotropical palm swift (Tachornis squamata) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae.

- Scientific name: *Tachornis squamata*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 690
- Wikidata: [Q1263055](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263055)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6867)

## Names

- en: Fork-tailed Palm Swift
- de: Gabelschwanzsegler
- es: Vencejillo tijereta
- fr: Martinet claudia
- nl: Braziliaanse palmgierzwaluw
- pt: Tesourinha
- pl: Widłogończyk łuskowany

## Countries with the most observations

BR (310), PE (68), EC (43), TT (26), GF (16), GY (16), VE (16), CO (15), SR (7)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork-tailed_palm_swift

## Photo

![Braziliaanse palmgierzwaluw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fork-tailed-palm-swift/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197164240

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fork-tailed-palm-swift?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).