Biology:Palawan swiftlet
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Short description: Species of bird
| Palawan swiftlet | |
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| A Palawan swiftlet inside the Puerto Princesa river cave. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Aerodramus |
| Species: | A. palawanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aerodramus palawanensis Stresemann, 1914
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| Synonyms | |
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Collocalia palawanensis | |
The Palawan swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Philippines . It uses echolocation to navigate and hunt in the darkness.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Aerodramus palawanensis[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q27554 entry
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