African Palm Swift / Cypsiurus parvus LC

Synonyms African Palm-Swift, African Palm-Swift [nominate], African Palm-Swift (African)
Old latin name for bird Cypselus ambrosiacus, Cypselus parvus

African Palm Swiftbird sounds *

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Flight call, © Tony Archer
South Africa
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Flight call, possibly also alarm call, © Rolf A. de By
Namibia
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Flight call, © Nature sounds by Simply Birding
South Africa
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Call, flight call, © Mike Nelson
Madagascar
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Call, © Thibaut Chansac
Tanzania
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Call, © Peter Boesman
South Africa
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Flight call, © Giovanni Boano
Burkina Faso

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Malagasy Palm Swift

Asian Palm Swift

Where to see African Palm Swift

Breeding region Africa
Breeding subregion widespread

African Palm Swift subspecies (6)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Cypsiurus parvus brachypterus	Sierra Leone to ne DR Congo, Angola and islands in the Gulf of Guinea	-	No
Cypsiurus parvus celer	s Mozambique to e South Africa	-	No
Cypsiurus parvus hyphaenes	n Namibia and n Botswana	-	No
Cypsiurus parvus laemostigma	s Somalia to c Mozambique	-	No
Cypsiurus parvus myochrous	s Sudan to ne South Africa	-	No
Cypsiurus parvus parvus	Senegal and Gambia to n Ethiopia and sw Arabia	-	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Palmwindswael
Azerbaijani	Afrika palma uzunqanadı
Bengali	িঅচিকান তারফাতাচ঳
Bulgarian	Палмов бързолет
Catalan	Falciot de les palmeres, falciot de palmera africà
Chinese	非洲棕雨燕
Chinese (Traditional)	非洲棕雨燕
Croatian	čiopa lastarka
Czech	rorýs africký, rorýs africký [skupina parvus]
Danish	Afrikansk Palmesejler
Dutch	Afrikaanse Palmgierzwaluw (Afrikaans), Afrikaanse Palmgierzwaluw
Esperanto	Afrika palmapuso
Estonian	aafrika palmipiiritaja
Finnish	afrikanpalmukiitäjä
French	Martinet des palmes [parvus], Martinet des palmes (parvus), Martinet des palmes [nominal], Martinet des palmes
Frisian	Afrikaanske palmgûlswel
Galician	Cirrio das palmeiras
German	Palmensegler, Palmensegler [parvus-Gruppe]
Greek	Φoιvικoσταχτάρα
Hebrew	סיס-דקלים אפריקני
Hungarian	afrikai pálmasarlósfecske
Icelandic	Pálmasvölungur [parvus hópur], Pálmasvölungur
Irish	Gabhlán pailme Afracach
Italian	Rondone delle palme africano
Japanese	ヤシアマツバメ (parvus グループ), ヤシアマツバメ
Latvian	Āfrikas palmu svīre
Lithuanian	afrikinis palminis čiurlys
Luxembourgish	Palmsegler
Macedonian	Палмова пиштарка
Northern Sami	Afrihkácihran
Norwegian	afrikapalmeseiler (parvus gr.), afrikapalmeseiler
Polish	jerzyk palmowy, jerzyk palmowy [gr. parvus]
Portuguese	andorinhão-dos-palmares, andorinhão-das-palmeiras-africano
Romanian	Drepnea de palmieri
Russian	Пальмовый стриж [группа parvus], Пальмовый стриж
Serbian	Palmova čiopa, Afrička palmina čiopa, Afrička palmina čiopa [parvus grupa]
Slovak	sŕpik vidlochvostý (skup.), sŕpik vidlochvostý
Slovenian	afriški palmov hudournik
Spanish	Vencejo Palmero Africano (grupo parvus), Vencejo palmero africano
Swedish	afrikansk palmseglare [parvus Group], afrikansk palmseglare, afrikansk palmseglare [gruppen parvus]
Turkish	Palmiye Ebabili [parvus Grubu], Palmiye Ebabili
Ukrainian	серпокрилець пальмовий
Welsh	Coblyn palmwydd Affrica