Tahiti swiftlet

Tahiti swiftlet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species:
A. leucophaeus
Binomial name
Aerodramus leucophaeus
(Peale, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Collocalia leucophaeus (Peale, 1848) [orth. error]
  • Collocalia leucophaea

The Tahiti swiftlet or Polynesian swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. While often compared to the Marquesan Swiftlet, this bird is often more pale faced.[2] The subspecies is the Monotypic which means it does not include a subspecies.[3]

It is endemic to the Society Islands in French Polynesia, where it occurs on Tahiti and Moorea.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Aerodramus leucophaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60838951A95163508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60838951A95163508.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Polynesian Swiftlet - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  3. ^ Chantler, Philip; Kirwan, Guy M.; Boesman, Peter F. D. (2020-03-04). Billerman, Shawn M; Keeney, Brooke K; Rodewald, Paul G; Schulenberg, Thomas S (eds.). "Polynesian Swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus)". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.polswi1.01. S2CID 241826390.