Caroline Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus)

Other Names (World)
Caroline Swiftlet, Micronesian Swiftlet, Island Swiftlet, Caroline Islands Swiftlet

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Kittlitz, 1858)

Range (Guide)

Micronesia [Federated States of] (B).

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 NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Island Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus) [XC244496]
by Todd Mark from Japanese Gun, Weno, Moen, Chuuk, Micronesia (flight call)

Island Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus) [XC100258]
by id from Japanese Tunnel, near Wone, Pohnpei, Micronesia (call)

Subspecies
Aerodramus inquietus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) following Browning (1993) and AOU (1998) and Caroline Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus) following Browning (1993).

Genus often merged into Collocalia. Forms superspecies with Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana), Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis), Palau Swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis) and Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) and all were formerly considered conspecific. Considered conspecific with Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) by some authors.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rukensis (Kuroda, Nagamichi, 1915) - Chuuk (central Caroline Is).
ponapensis (Mayr, 1935) - Pohnpei (eastern Caroline Is).
inquietus (Kittlitz, 1858) - Kosrae (eastern Caroline Is).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Caroline Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus) - 3 files

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