Swifts (Apodidae)
Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae) - HBW 5, p. 428
French: Salangane d’Australie
German: Queenslandsalangane
Spanish: Salangana Australiana
Other common names: Grey Swiftlet(!)
Taxonomy: Cypselus terræ-reginæ E. P. Ramsay, 1875, north-east coast ranges, near Cardwell, Queensland.
Genus often merged into Collocalia. Forms superspecies with A. mearnsi, A. infuscatus, A. hirundinaceus and A. spodiopygius. Previously placed in composite species A. francicus or alternatively in A. vanikorensis; considered conspecific with A. spodiopygius by some authors. Race chillagoensis has even been treated as a separate species, although solid grounds for such a split would appear to be lacking. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- terraereginae (E. P. Ramsay, 1875) - coastal N Queensland.
- chillagoensis Pecotich, 1982 - Chillagoe, Mitchell and Palmer districts, inland Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird in flight
Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp terraereginae)
Mat Gilfedder 11 July 2009 2 years ago 3
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