Australian swiftlet

Australian swiftlet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species:
A. terraereginae
Binomial name
Aerodramus terraereginae
(Ramsay, 1875)
Synonyms

Collocalia terraereginae

The Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae) is a small bird belonging to the genus Aerodramus in the swift family, Apodidae. It is endemic to Queensland in north-eastern Australia. It was formerly included in the white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) but is now commonly treated as a separate species. It has two subspecies which are occasionally regarded as two separate species: A. t. terraereginae and A. t. chillagoensis (Chillagoe swiftlet).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Aerodramus terraereginae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686534A93116529. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686534A93116529.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.