Antillean Palm-swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)

Antillean Palm-swift Tachornis phoenicobia

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	10 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	569,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	7.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. (1996).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Cuba	extant	native	yes
Dominican Republic	extant	native	yes
Haiti	extant	native	yes
Jamaica	extant	native		yes
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	native	yes
USA	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cuba	Desembarco del Granma
Cuba	Guanahacabibes
Cuba	Sierra del Rosario
Cuba	Cienaga de Lanier y Sur de la Isla de la Juventud
Cuba	Ciénaga de Zapata
Cuba	Río Máximo
Cuba	Limones - Tuabaquey
Cuba	Sierra del Chorrillo
Cuba	Delta del Cauto
Cuba	Gibara
Cuba	La Mensura
Cuba	Delta del Mayarí
Cuba	Alejandro de Humboldt

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 450 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Tachornis phoenicobia. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/antillean-palm-swift-tachornis-phoenicobia on 28/11/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 28/11/2023.