Tahiti swiftlet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Genus: | Aerodramus |
Species: | A. leucophaeus
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Binomial name | |
Aerodramus leucophaeus (Peale, 1849)
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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.