Biology:Halmahera swiftlet

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Short description: Subspecies of bird

Halmahera swiftlet
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species:
A. infuscatus
Binomial name
Aerodramus infuscatus
(Salvadori, 1880)

The Halmahera swiftlet or Moluccan swiftlet (Aerodramus infuscatus, formerly Collocalia infuscata) is a species in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The IUCN lumps the Halmahera swiftlet, the Sulawesi swiftlet, and the Seram swiftlet together, calling it the Moluccan swiftlet.

References

  • Rheindt, F.E., and R.O. Hutchinson. 2007. A photoshot odyssey through the confused avian taxonomy of Seram and Buru (southern Moluccas). BirdingASIA 7: 18–38.

Wikidata ☰ Q27542 entry