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Caroline swiftlet
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species: A. inquietus
Binomial name
Aerodramus inquietus
(Kittlitz, 1858)
Synonyms

Collocalia inquietus
Collocalia inquieta
Collocalia vanikorensis inquietus
Aerodramus vanikorensis inquietus

The Caroline swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus), also known as the island swiftlet, Micronesian swiftlet, or Caroline Islands swiftlet, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Caroline Islands, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Aerodramus inquietus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686576A93117887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686576A93117887.en. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. Steadman, David W. (2002-07-08). "A new species of swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (2): 326–331. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0326:ANSOSA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.

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Taxon identifiers
Aerodramus inquietus


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