Asian Palm Swift
Cypsiurus balasiensis
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Swifts
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Call and song
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About the Asian Palm Swift
A small gray-brown swift with long thin wings and a long heavily-forked tail. Darker above and paler below. Can be seen in rapid fluttering flight, often making trilling “tiririree” calls while foraging on insects in pairs or loose flocks. Mostly seen over open areas such as fields and agricultural land, but partial to areas with palms on which they breed.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 17 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
