Biology:Island swiftlet
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Short description: Species of bird
| Caroline swiftlet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Aerodramus |
| Species: | A. inquietus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aerodramus inquietus (Kittlitz, 1858)
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| Synonyms | |
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Collocalia inquietus | |
The island swiftlet, also known as the Caroline swiftlet, Micronesian swiftlet, or Caroline Islands swiftlet, (Aerodramus inquietus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.[1] Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Caroline Islands, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ Steadman, David W. (2002-07-08). "A new species of swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (2): 326–331. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0326:ANSOSA2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0272-4634. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282002%29022%5B0326%3AANSOSA%5D2.0.CO%3B2.
External links
- Caroline swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus (BirdLife International)
- Caroline swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)
- Chim Yến đảo . Chim Yến Việt Nam
Wikidata ☰ Q1264136 entry
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