| Collocalia | |
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| Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Subclass: | Neornithes |
| Infraclass: | Neognathae |
| (unranked): | Cypselomorphae |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Tribe: | Collocaliini |
| Genus: | Collocalia G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Species | |
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Collocalia esculenta |
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Collocalia is a genus of swifts, containing some of the smaller species termed "swiftlets". Formerly a catch-all genus for these, a number of its erstwhile members are now normally (though not by all authors) placed in Aerodramus.
Remaining in Collocalia are:
An Early Miocene fossil swiftlet from the famous Riversleigh deposits of Australia was described as Collocalia buday.[1] This as well as a right ulna (MNZ S42799) found at the Manuherikia River in Otago, New Zealand and dating from the Early to Middle Miocene (Awamoan to Lillburnian, 19-16 million years ago)[2] would probably go into Aerodramus too.