Asian Palm Swift

Latin Name: 
Cypsiurus balasiensis
Category: 
Size: 
13cm
Description: 

A very small, slender swift with long, narrow, sickle-shaped wings and very long deeply-forked tail, which, when folded, looks thin and pointed; dusky brown above, with paler rump; lighter below, esp. on throat; superficially similar in form and appearance to Crested Treeswift, but smaller, more slender, with darker underparts and browner upperparts; tail correspondingly shorter; Very gregarious; sometimes in mixed parties; mostly associated with palmyra and other palms; nests also in thatched roofs.

Habitat: 
Lightly forested country with palms; cultivation; near habitation.
Food: 
Insects, hawked in the air.
Distribution: 
Lowlands Nepal eastwards
Call: 
Call Description: 
Trills, chitters.
National Status: