Sunday, June 10, 2012

>Aerodramus sawtelli (Atiu Swiftlet)

Atiu Swiftlet

 

Atiu Swiftlet
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Aerodramus
Species:A. sawtelli
Binomial name
Aerodramus sawtelli
Holyoak, 1974
Synonyms
Collocalia sawtelli
The Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli) is a species of bird in the swift family and endemic to Atiu in the Cook Islands.
Its natural habitats are the islands fernlands and mixed horticultural areas over which it feeds and in makatea limestone caves within which it nests.

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