Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | falciot de les palmeres gros |
| Czech | rorýs vidloocasý |
| Dutch | Braziliaanse Palmgierzwaluw |
| English | Fork-tailed Palm Swift |
| English (United States) | Fork-tailed Palm Swift |
| French | Martinet claudia |
| French (France) | Martinet claudia |
| German | Gabelschwanzsegler |
| Japanese | オナガヤシアマツバメ |
| Norwegian | moricheseiler |
| Polish | widłogończyk łuskowany |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | andorinhão-do-buriti |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinhão-tesourinha |
| Russian | Вилохвостый стрижик |
| Serbian | Račvorepa palmina čiopa |
| Slovak | dážďovník nožnicochvostý |
| Spanish | Vencejillo Tijereta |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Vencejo Tijereta |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Vencejo de Morete |
| Spanish (Peru) | Vencejo Tijereta de Palmeras |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejillo tijereta |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Vencejo Tijereta |
| Swedish | gaffelstjärtad palmseglare |
| Turkish | Amerika Palmiye Ebabili |
| Ukrainian | Серпокрилець-крихітка неотропічний |
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata
Sean Cooper
Version: 1.0 — Published March 6, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 6, 2015
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
Calls given in flight by Fork-tailed Palm-Swifts are described as a trilling trrrrreeeee or as a buzzy d-z-z-z-z-z (Snyder 1966, Hilty and Brown 1986, Hilty 2003) or a thin buzz, bzzzzzzz bzz bzzzzzz (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010). For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio.
These calls are sometimes given more rapidly as a frequency of shrieks starts off low and spaced out, but increase as the series of calls plays out.
Audio recordings of vocalizations of Fork-tailed Palm-Swift can be heard at Macaulay Library, at xeno-canto, and at Internet Bird Collection.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.
