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Typical Swifts
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Vernacular
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| Streptoprocne rutila |
(Vieillot) 1817 |
Chestnut-collared
Swift |
Cypseloides rutilus |
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A.M. Marín & F. Gary Stiles,
On the biology of five species of Swifts (Apodidae,
Cypseloidinae) in Costa Rica
Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 4, 5 (1992):
286-351
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| Aerodramus elaphrus |
(Oberholser) 1906 |
Seychelles
Swiftlet |
Collocalia elaphra |
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P.L.M. Lee, D.H. Clayton, R. Griffiths & R.D.M. Page,
Does behavior reflect phylogeny in swiftlets (Aves:
Apodidae)? A test using cytochrome-b mitochondrial DNA sequences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 93 (1995):
7091-7096
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| Aerodramus francicus |
(Gmelin) 1789 |
Mascarene Swiftlet |
Collocalia francica |
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Aerodramus Oberholser 1906 |
| Aerodramus unicolor |
(Jerdon) 1840 |
Indian Swiftlet |
Collocalia unicolor |
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| Aerodramus mearnsi |
(Oberholser) 1912 |
Philippine Swiftlet |
Collocalia mearnsi |
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| Aerodramus infuscatus |
(Salvadori) 1880 |
Moluccan Swiftlet |
Collocalia infuscata |
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| Aerodramus hirundinaceus |
(Stresemann) 1914 |
Mountain Swiftlet |
Collocalia hirundinacea |
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| Aerodramus spodiopygius |
(Peale) 1848 |
White-rumped Swiftlet |
Collocalia spodiopygius |
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| Aerodramus terraereginus |
(Ramsay,EP) 1875 |
Australian Swiftlet |
Collocalia terraereginae |
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| Aerodramus brevirostris |
(Horsfield) 1840 |
Himalayan Swiftlet |
Collocalia brevirostris |
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| Aerodramus vulcanorum |
(Stresemann) 1926 |
Volcano Swiftlet |
Collocalia vulcanorum |
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| Aerodramus rogersi |
(Deignan) 1955 |
Indochinese Swiftlet |
Collocalia rogersi |
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| Aerodramus whiteheadi |
(Ogilvie-Grant) 1895 |
Whitehead's Swiftlet |
Collocalia whiteheadi |
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| Aerodramus nuditarsus |
(Salomonsen) 1963 |
Bare-legged Swiftlet |
Collocalia nuditarsus |
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| Aerodramus orientalis |
(Mayr) 1935 |
Mayr's Swiftlet |
Collocalia orientalis |
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| Aerodramus salanganus |
(Streubel) 1848 |
Mossy-nest Swiftlet |
Collocalia salangana |
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| Aerodramus palawanensis |
(Stresemann) 1914 |
Palawan Swiftlet |
Collocalia palawanensis |
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| Aerodramus amelis |
(Oberholser) 1906 |
Grey Swiftlet |
Collocalia amelis |
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| Aerodramus vanikorensis |
(Quoy & Gaimard) 1830 |
Uniform Swiftlet |
Collocalia vanikorensis |
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| Aerodramus pelewensis |
(Mayr) 1935 |
Palau Swiftlet |
Collocalia pelewensis |
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| Aerodramus inquietus |
(Kittlitz) 1858 |
Micronesian Swiftlet |
Collocalia inquieta |
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| Aerodramus sawtelli |
(Holyoak) 1974 |
Atiu Swiftlet |
Collocalia sawtelli |
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| Aerodramus leucophaeus |
(Peale) 1848 |
Tahiti Swiftlet |
Collocalia leucophaeus |
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| Aerodramus ocistus |
(Oberholser) 1906 |
Marquesan Swiftlet |
Collocalia ocista |
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| Aerodramus maximus |
(Hume) 1878 |
Black-nest Swiftlet |
Collocalia maxima |
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| Aerodramus fuciphagus |
(Thunberg) 1812 |
Edible-nest Swiftlet |
Collocalia fuciphaga |
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| Aerodramus germanus |
(Oustalet) 1876 |
German's Swiftlet |
Collocalia germani |
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| Aerodramus papuensis |
(Rand) 1941 |
Papuan Swiftlet |
Collocalia papuensis |
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| Apus melba |
(Linnaeus) 1758 |
Alpine Swift |
Tachymarptis melba |
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P. Chantler & G. Driessens,
Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts
of the World, 1995
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| Apus aequatorialis | (von Muller,JW) 1851 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
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