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Grey-rumped swiftlet

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Grey-rumped Swiftlet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Collocalia
Species:
C. marginata
Binomial name
Collocalia marginata
(Salvadori, 1882
Synonyms

Collocalia esculenta marginata

The grey-rumped swiftlet or gray-rumped swiftlet (Collocalia marginata) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was previously considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet.

References

  • Rheindt, F.E., L. Christidis, J.A. Norman, J.A. Eaton, K.R. Sadanandan, and R. Schodde. 2017. Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the Collocalia esculenta complex. Zootaxa 4250: 401-433.