Swifts (Apodidae)

Mayr's Swiftlet (Aerodramus orientalis) - HBW 5, p. 431

French: Salangane de Mayr German: Salomonensalangane Spanish: Salangana de Guadalcanal
Other common names: Guadalcanal Swiftlet

Taxonomy: Collocalia lowi orientalis Mayr, 1935, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Genus often merged into Collocalia. Sometimes treated as forming a superspecies with A. nuditarsus. Formerly considered conspecific with A. whiteheadi. A specimen from Bougainville I was intermediate in size between nominate and race leletensis; although some plumage details were rather different, it was provisionally thought to belong within this species. Two subspecies currently recognized.

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