Taxonomic note
Cypsiurus parvus has been split into African Palm-swift C. parvus and Madagascar Palm-swift C. gracilis, on the basis of striking vocal differences and notable morphological differences (Mills et al. 2019).
Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2019. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 4. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v4_Dec19.zip.
Mills, M. S., Boesman, P., & Collar, N. J. 2019. Species limits in the African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 139(1): 75-82.
Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable |
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- | - | - |
Year | Category | Criteria |
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2019 | Least Concern | |
2016 | Not Recognised | |
2012 | Not Recognised | |
2008 | Not Recognised | |
2004 | Not Recognised | |
2000 | Not Recognised | |
1994 | Not Recognised | |
1988 | Not Recognised |
Migratory status | not a migrant | Forest dependency | medium |
Land-mass type | Average mass | - |
Estimate | Data quality | |
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Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) | 26,500,000 km2 | medium |
Severely fragmented? | no | - |
Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Population size | unknown | - | - | - |
Population trend | increasing | - | suspected | - |
Generation length | 7.2 years | - | - | - |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be common to locally abundant (del Hoyo et al. 1999).
Trend justification: The population is suspected to be increasing owing to a range expansion caused primarily by the planting of the exotic Washington palm.
Country/Territory | Presence | Origin | Resident | Breeding visitor | Non-breeding visitor | Passage migrant |
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Angola | extant | native | yes | |||
Benin | extant | native | yes | |||
Botswana | extant | native | yes | |||
Burkina Faso | extant | native | yes | |||
Burundi | extant | native | yes | |||
Cameroon | extant | native | yes | |||
Central African Republic | extant | native | yes | |||
Chad | extant | native | yes | |||
Congo | extant | native | yes | |||
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | extant | native | yes | |||
Côte d'Ivoire | extant | native | yes | |||
Djibouti | extant | vagrant | yes | |||
Equatorial Guinea | extant | native | yes | |||
Eritrea | extant | native | yes | |||
Eswatini | extant | native | yes | |||
Ethiopia | extant | native | yes | |||
Gabon | extant | native | yes | |||
Gambia | extant | native | yes | |||
Ghana | extant | native | yes | |||
Guinea | extant | native | yes | |||
Guinea-Bissau | extant | native | yes | |||
Kenya | extant | native | yes | |||
Liberia | extant | native | yes | |||
Malawi | extant | native | yes | |||
Mali | extant | native | yes | |||
Mauritania | extant | native | yes | |||
Mozambique | extant | native | yes | |||
Namibia | extant | native | yes | |||
Niger | extant | native | yes | |||
Nigeria | extant | native | yes | |||
Rwanda | extant | native | yes | |||
São Tomé e Príncipe | extant | native | yes | |||
Saudi Arabia | extant | native | yes | |||
Senegal | extant | native | yes | |||
Sierra Leone | extant | native | yes | |||
Somalia | extant | native | yes | |||
South Africa | extant | native | yes | |||
South Sudan | extant | native | yes | |||
Sudan | extant | native | ||||
Tanzania | extant | native | yes | |||
Togo | extant | native | yes | |||
Uganda | extant | native | yes | |||
Yemen | extant | native | yes | |||
Zambia | extant | native | yes | |||
Zimbabwe | extant | native | yes |
Country/Territory | IBA Name |
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Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | Rural Gardens | suitable | resident |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Urban Areas | suitable | resident |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Dry | suitable | resident |
Savanna | Dry | suitable | resident |
Altitude | 0 - 1800 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/african-palm-swift-cypsiurus-parvus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.