Mossy-nest Swiftlet

Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species: A. salangana
Binomial name
Aerodramus salangana
Streubel, 1848
Synonyms

Collocalia salangana

The Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the Uniform Swiftlet. It is found in northern Borneo, the Natuna and the Derawan Islands, islands off western Sumatra and Java. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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