Swifts (Apodidae)
White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) - HBW 5, p. 428
French: Salangane à croupion blanc
German: Weißbürzelsalangane
Spanish: Salangana Culiblanca
Other common names: Grey(!)/Grey-rumped(!) Swiftlet, Pacific White-rumped Swiftlet
Taxonomy: Macropteryx spodiopygius Peale, 1848, Upolu and Tutuila, Samoa Islands.
Genus often merged into Collocalia. Forms superspecies with A. mearnsi, A. infuscatus, A. hirundinaceus and A. terraereginae, and last three have all been considered conspecific with present species. A. sawtelli may prove to be merely a race of present species. Previously placed in composite species A. francicus. Eleven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- delichon (Salomonsen, 1983) - Admiralty Is.
- eichhorni (Hartert, 1924) - Mussau I in St Matthias Group (NC Bismarck Archipelago).
- noonaedanae (Salomonsen, 1983) - New Ireland and New Britain.
- delichon (Salomonsen, 1983) - Admiralty Is.
- eichhorni (Hartert, 1924) - Mussau I in St Matthias Group (NC Bismarck Archipelago).
- noonaedanae (Salomonsen, 1983) - New Ireland and New Britain.
- reichenowi (Stresemann, 1912) - S & E Solomon Is.
- desolatus (Salomonsen, 1983) - Duff Is, Swallow Is and Santa Cruz Is.
- epiensis (Salomonsen, 1983) - N & C Vanuatu.
- ingens (Salomonsen, 1983) - S Vanuatu.
- leucopygius (Wallace, 1864) - Loyalty Is and New Caledonia.
- assimilis (Stresemann, 1912) - Fiji.
- townsendi (Oberholser, 1906) - Tonga.
- spodiopygius (Peale, 1848) - Samoa.
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Adult birds flying inside a breeding cave and views of two nests. Locality Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (ssp leucopygius)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.3 -
Several views of birds in nests inside a cave, under the forest. Locality Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (ssp leucopygius)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2010 1 year ago 50 sec 4.3 -
Several views of birds inside a breeding cave. Locality Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (ssp leucopygius)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 4.2 -
A number of birds flying low. Locality Ringgi Guest House, Kolombangara Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp reichenowi)
Josep del Hoyo 9 October 2010 1 year ago 40 sec 3
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Bird hawking for insects over open country.
Locality Taveuni, Fiji (ssp assimilis)
Tom Tarrant 14 June 2008 2 years ago 3.7
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Ecolocation calls by several birds inside a breeding cave. Locality Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
(ssp leucopygius)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2010 1 year ago 5
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