Monday, June 18, 2012

>>Genus Tachornis

Tachornis

Tachornis
Neotropical Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Tachornis
Gosse, 1847
Tachornis is a genus of swift in the Apodidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Pygmy Palm Swift (Tachornis furcata)
  • Neotropical Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata)
  • Antillean Palm Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)
  • Tachornis uranoceles (fossil; Late Pleistocene of Puerto Rico)

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