White-rumped Swiftlet
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Not to be confused with White-rumped Swift.
| White-rumped Swiftlet | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Aerodramus |
| Species: | A. spodiopygius |
| Binomial name | |
| Aerodramus spodiopygius (Peale, 1848) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Collocalia spodiopygia (Peale, 1848) | |
The White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.
It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Birds in Australia are now often treated as a separate species, Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae).
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Collocalia spodiopygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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