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Tachornis furcata (Pygmy Palm Swift)

Synonyms: Micropanyptila furcata

Wikipedia Abstract

The pygmy palm swift (Tachornis furcata), also known as the pygmy swift, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.
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Infraspecies

Tachornis furcata furcata
Tachornis furcata nigrodorsalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
27
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.3746
EDGE Score: 2.51565
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.7 grams
Forages - Aerial [2]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Catatumbo moist forests Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Maracaibo dry forests Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Región Lago de Maracaibo, Sierra de Perijá Protective Zone 603246 Venezuela  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Complejo de Humedales Costeros de la Guajira Colombia A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Parque Nacional Perijá Venezuela A1, A2, A3, A4ii

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Notes on the biology of Pygmy Palm Swift Micropanyptila furcata, Charles T. Collins, Rodd Kelsey and Thomas P. Ryan, Cotinga 32 (2010): OL 46–50
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0