Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana)

Other Names (World)
Mossy-nest Swiftlet, Mossy Swiftlet, Sunda Swiftlet

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Streubel, 1848)

Habitat
Caves. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland and montaine moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Vagrant to Philippines.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana) [XC509546]
by id from Kinabatangan River, upstream from Sukau, Sabah, Malaysia (call, song)

Subspecies
Genus often merged into Collocalia. Forms superspecies with Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis), Palau Swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis), Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) and Caroline Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus) and all were formerly considered conspecific. Subspecies aerophilus of doubtful validity and often placed in Edible-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus). Subspecies aenigma and heinrichi of Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis) sometimes considered to belong to present species.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

natunae (Stresemann, 1930) - Northern Borneo, and probably Sumatra and Natuna Is.
maratua (Riley, 1927) - Maratua Archipelago (off north-eastern Borneo).
aerophilus (Oberholser, 1912) - Islands off western Sumatra, including Nias.
salangana (Streubel, 1848) - Java.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana) - 10 files

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