Great swallow-tailed swift

Great swallow-tailed swift
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Panyptila
Species: P. sanctihieronymi
Binomial name
Panyptila sanctihieronymi
Salvin, 1863

The great swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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