Palawan Swiftlet

Palawan Swiftlet
Palawan Swiftlet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species: A. palawanensis
Binomial name
Aerodramus palawanensis
Stresemann, 1914
Synonyms

Collocalia palawanensis
Collocalia vanikorensis palawanensis
Aerodramus vanikorensis palawanensis
Aerodramus palawensis

The Palawan Swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the Uniform Swiftlet. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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