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Aerodramus pelewensis (Palau Swiftlet)

Synonyms: Collocalia pelewensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Palau swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is endemic to Palau. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Aerodramus pelewensis

Attributes

Clutch Size [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [2]  4.331 inches (11 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon World Heritage Site 247600 Palau    

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0