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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2019 |title=''Cypsiurus gracilis'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T155257132A155636758 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155257132A155636758.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Cypsiurus
| genus = Cypsiurus
| species = gracilis
| species = gracilis
| authority = ([[Richard Bowdler Sharpe|Sharpe]], 1871)
| authority = ([[Richard Bowdler Sharpe|Sharpe]], 1871)
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The '''Malagasy palm swift''' (''Cypsiurus gracilis'') is a small swift in the family [[Apodidae]]. It is very similar to the [[African palm swift]], ''Cypsiurus parvus'', with which it was formerly considered [[conspecific]]. It was split based on differences in vocalizations and plumage coloration.<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Mills | first1=M.S.L. | last2=Boesman | first2=P. | last3=Collar | first3=N.J. | year=2019 | title=Species limits in the African Palm Swift ''Cypsiurus parvus'' | journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club | volume=139 | pages=75–82 | doi=10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a6 | doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="ioclist">{{cite web|editor1-last=Gill|editor1-first=Frank|editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist)|editor2-last=Donsker|editor2-first=David|year=2019|title=Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts|work=World Bird List Version 9.2 |url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/swifts/|publisher=International Ornithologists' Union|accessdate=23 June 2019}}</ref>
The '''Malagasy palm swift''' ('''''Cypsiurus gracilis''''') is a small swift in the family [[Apodidae]]. It is very similar to the [[African palm swift]], ''Cypsiurus parvus'', with which it was formerly considered [[conspecific]]. It was split based on differences in vocalizations and plumage coloration.<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Mills | first1=M.S.L. | last2=Boesman | first2=P. | last3=Collar | first3=N.J. | year=2019 | title=Species limits in the African Palm Swift ''Cypsiurus parvus'' | journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club | volume=139 | pages=75–82 | doi=10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a6 | doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="ioclist">{{cite web|editor1-last=Gill|editor1-first=Frank|editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist)|editor2-last=Donsker|editor2-first=David|year=2019|title=Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts|work=World Bird List Version 9.2 |url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/swifts/|publisher=International Ornithologists' Union|accessdate=23 June 2019}}</ref>


==Distribution==
==Distribution==

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Malagasy palm swift
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Cypsiurus
Species:
C. gracilis
Binomial name
Cypsiurus gracilis
(Sharpe, 1871)
   range of C. gracilis
   range of C. parvus

The Malagasy palm swift (Cypsiurus gracilis) is a small swift in the family Apodidae. It is very similar to the African palm swift, Cypsiurus parvus, with which it was formerly considered conspecific. It was split based on differences in vocalizations and plumage coloration.[2][3]

Distribution

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The Malagasy palm swift is native to Madagascar and Comoros.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Cypsiurus gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155257132A155636758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155257132A155636758.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mills, M.S.L.; Boesman, P.; Collar, N.J. (2019). "Species limits in the African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 139: 75–82. doi:10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a6.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 June 2019.