White-rumped swiftlet
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The white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.
White-rumped swiftlet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Genus: | Aerodramus |
Species: | A. spodiopygius |
Binomial name | |
Aerodramus spodiopygius (Peale, 1849) | |
Synonyms | |
Collocalia spodiopygia (Peale, 1848) |
It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Birds in Australia are now treated as a separate species, the Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae).
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.
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