African Palm-Swift
(Cypsiurus parvus)

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African Palm Swifts are mainly pale brown in colour. They have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. The body is slender, and the tail is long and deeply forked, although it is usually held closed.
The call is a loud, shrill scream.
Sexes are similar, and young birds differ mainly in their shorter tails. Palm swifts have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces, since swifts never settle voluntarily on the ground.
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