Primeiro registro de Andorinhão-do-buriti (Tachornis squamata) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Filipe A.P. Bernardi; Carla S. Fontana

doi:10.56178/na.v71i.1169

Vol. 71 (2026), Novel Records

Vol. 71 (2026)

First record of the Fork-tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata) in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

Novel Records

Published 14.02.2026

Filipe A.P. Bernardi⁺⁻
Carla S. Fontana⁺⁻

Filipe A.P. Bernardi

Clube de Observadores de Aves da Serra Gaúcha

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4224-9599

Carla S. Fontana

Laboratório de Populações e Comunidades, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre 91501-970, RS, Brasil | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria 97105-900, RS, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-0752

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Keywords

distribution
flocks
Pampa
swifts
vagrancy

How to Cite

Bernardi, Filipe A.P., and Carla S. Fontana. 2026. “First Record of the Fork-Tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis Squamata) in Rio Grande Do Sul State, Brazil”. Nuestras Aves 71 (February). https://doi.org/10.56178/na.v71i.1169.

Abstract

We report the southernmost record and the first record for the state of Rio Grande do Sul of the Fork-tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata), a widespread species in tropical South America, based on the sighting of a single individual.

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