Malagasy Palm Swift (Cypsiurus gracilis) | Details

Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis

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Taxonomy

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2019	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	unset
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	690,000 km²
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 population size has not been quantified, but the species is regarded as common across most of its range (Mills et al. 2019).

Trend justification: The population trend has not been quantified. The species is associated with cultivated palms and secondary vegetation, and is therefore suspected to be stable (Mills et al. 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Comoros	extant	native	yes
Madagascar	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	major	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/malagasy-palm-swift-cypsiurus-gracilis 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.