Mountain Swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus)

Family
Apodidae (Swifts)

Size
11 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Stresemann, 1914)

Habitat
Caves. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Mountain Swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus) [XC741451]
by Ken Behrens from Mananda ridge, upper Hegigio R basin, Hela Prov, Papua New Guinea (flight call)

Mountain Swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus) [XC673250]
by Phil Gregory from Kumul Lodge, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (uncertain)

Nest
Composed of ferns, rootlets, grasses and lichens, bonded together with saliva, in cave. In Colonies.

Eggs (Guide)
1.

Subspecies
Genus often merged into Collocalia. Forms superspecies with Philippine Swiftlet (Aerodramus mearnsi), Moluccan Swiftlet (Aerodramus infuscatus), White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) and Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae). Previously placed in composite species Mascarene Swiftlet (Aerodramus francicus) or alternatively in Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis) and considered conspecific with White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) by some authors.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

hirundinaceus (Stresemann, 1914) - New Guinea.
baru (Stresemann & Paludan, 1932) - Yapen Island, above 500 m.
excelsus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1914) - Snow Mountains and Cartenz peaks of Irian Jaya above 1600 m.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mountain Swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus) - 6 files

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