Atiu Swiftlet | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Genus: | Aerodramus |
Species: | A. sawtelli |
Binomial name | |
Aerodramus sawtelli Holyoak, 1974 |
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Synonyms | |
Collocalia sawtelli |
The Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli) is a species of bird in the swift family and endemic to Atiu in the Cook Islands.
Its natural habitats are the islands fernlands and mixed horticultural areas over which it feeds and in makatea limestone caves within which it nests.[1]