African Palm-swift Cypsiurus parvus
African Palm Swift, Praso River, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image

Praso, Ghana
May 2011

The African Palm-swift is distributed in much of Africa south of the Sahara, in Madagascar and in the south-west corner of the Arabian Peninsula. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

African Palm Swift, Praso River, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image It is found always close to areas with palm trees on which it depends for nesting though it can be picky about the type of palm in which it chooses to nest.

African Palm Swift, Praso River, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image

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