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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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.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Aerodramus spodiopygius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686528A93116300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686528A93116300.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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