Swifts

All photographs by Paul Gale

Short-tailed Swift Amazon

Andean Swift - note the dark flanks (parvulus)

Also Fork-tailed Palm Swift seen well at Iquitos airport with Southern Martins, but not photographed. Very slim swift with long, forked tail and thin wings, flying  in straight lines with rapid flaps and glides.

Birds of Peru

Swifts of Costa Rica

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