White-rumped swiftlet

Not to be confused with White-rumped swift.

The white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

White-rumped swiftlet
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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) Collocalia spodiopygius (Peale, 1848) [orthographic error]

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.