[5] The nominate subspecies of pygmy palm swift is found in northeastern Colombia's Norte de Santander Department and the adjoining southern part of Venezuela's Maracaibo Basin.

[5] The pygmy palm swift's breeding season has not been fully defined but could be as long as January to July.

It makes a bag nest, mostly of feathers glued together with saliva, and hanging from the underside of a drooping palm frond.

[5] As of late 2022 xeno-canto had no recordings of pygmy palm swift vocalizations and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library only one.

[5] The IUCN has assessed the pygmy palm swift as being of Least Concern, though it has a limited range and its population (of unknown size) is believed to be decreasing.