A 2011 study has many taxonomists splitting this species from the Fork-tailed Swift complex.
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The Meghamalai reserve forest, also contiguous with Periyar, is proposed to be the 600 km² Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary to protect several threatened species including: Bengal Tiger, Indian Elephant, Nilgiri tahr, lion-tailed macaque, Slender loris, Grizzled Giant Squirrel, Salim Ali's fruit bat, Great Indian Hornbill, Hutton's pitviper and Vindhyan Bob butterfly.
Salim Ali credited his initiation into ornithology as a young boy to Millard, who helped identify a Yellow-throated Sparrow he had shot.