Saturday, June 9, 2012

>Aerodramus whiteheadi (Whitehead's Swiftlet)

Whitehead's Swiftlet

 




Whitehead's Swiftlet
Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Aerodramus
Species:A. whiteheadi
Binomial name
Aerodramus whiteheadi
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1895)
Synonyms
Collocalia whiteheadi
The Whitehead's Swiftlet (Aerodramus whiteheadi) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Its status is insufficiently known.

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