Monday, June 11, 2012

>Aerodramus leucophaeus (Tahiti Swiftlet)

Tahiti Swiftlet

 




Tahiti Swiftlet
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Aerodramus
Species:A. leucophaeus
Binomial name
Aerodramus leucophaeus
(Peale, 1848)
Synonyms
Collocalia leucophaeus (Peale, 1848) Collocalia leucophaea
The Tahiti Swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It isendemic to the Society Islands in French Polynesia, where it occurs on Tahiti and Moorea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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