Malagasy palm swift

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2019 |title=Cypsiurus gracilis |volume=2019 |page=e.T155257132A155636758 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155257132A155636758.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Cypsiurus

| species = gracilis

| authority = (Sharpe, 1871)

| range_map = CypsiurusParvusDistribution.png

| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#ee2c34| range of C. gracilis}} {{leftlegend|#217a1e| range of C. parvus}}

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The Malagasy palm swift (Cypsiurus gracilis) is a small swift in the family Apodidae. It is very similar to the African palm swift, Cypsiurus parvus, with which it was formerly considered conspecific. It was split based on differences in vocalizations and plumage coloration.{{ cite journal | last1=Mills | first1=M.S.L. | last2=Boesman | first2=P. | last3=Collar | first3=N.J. | year=2019 | title=Species limits in the African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club | volume=139 | pages=75–82 | doi=10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a6 | doi-access=free }}{{cite web|editor1-last=Gill|editor1-first=Frank|editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist)|editor2-last=Donsker|editor2-first=David|year=2019|title=Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts|work=World Bird List Version 9.2 |url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/swifts/|publisher=International Ornithologists' Union|accessdate=23 June 2019}}