Asian Palm Swift

About this species

This species has 435,022 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (73.3%), Thailand (12.6%), Sri Lanka (4.9%), Cambodia (3%) and Bangladesh (2%); together they account for 95.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.52% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Cypsiurus balasiensis combines the genus name Cypsiurus with the species epithet balasiensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Cypsiurus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cypsiurus parvus and Cypsiurus gracilis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Apodidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Chaetura pelagica. Its record count is 3.5 times the family average (123,580). The family Apodidae belongs to the order Apodiformes, which has 452 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Apodidae

• African Palm Swift
• Chimney Swift
• Common Swift
• Little Swift
• White-collared Swift
• Alpine Swift
• House Swift

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org