Species factsheet

Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)

Order: Collocalia esculenta
Family: Swifts (Apodidae)

Danish name: Glanssalangan

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

affinis

Andaman and Nicobar Is.

elachyptera

Mergui Arch. (off s Burma)

cyanoptila

Malay Pen., Sumatra and nearby islands and Borneo

vanderbilti

Nias I. (off w Sumatra)

oberholseri

Batu and Mentawi Is. (off w Sumatra)

natalis

Christmas I. (s of Java)

septentrionalis

Babuyan, Calayan and N Camiguin (n of Luzon, n Philippines)

isonota

n Luzon (n Philippines)

marginata

c and s Luzon, e and w Visaya and Palawan

bagobo

Mindanao, Mindoro, Sulu Arch. (s Philippines)

manadensis

n Sulawesi to Sangihe and the Talaud Is.

esculenta

c and s Sulawesi through Banggai and Sula Is to c and s Moluccas

minuta

Tanahdjampea and Kalao Is. (off Sulawesi)

spilura

n Moluccas

sumbawae

w Lesser Sundas

neglecta

s Lesser Sundas

perneglecta

ec Lesser Sundas

amethystina

Waigeo I. (off nw New Guinea)

numforensis

Numfor I. (off nw New Guinea)

nitens

New Guinea lowlands, w Papuan islands

erwini

mountains of w New Guinea

stresemanni

Admiralty Is.

kalili

New Ireland, New Hanover and Djaul (c Bismarck Arch.)

spilogaster

Tabar Is. and the Lihir group (ne Bismarck Arch.)

hypogrammica

Green Is. (e Bismarck Arch.)

tametamele

New Britain and Witu Is. (Bismarck Arch.), Bougainville I. (nw Solomon Is.)

misimae

Louisiade Arch.

becki

c and ne Solomon Is.

makirensis

San Cristóbal I. (se Solomon Is.)

desiderata

Rennell I. ( s Solomon Is.)

uropygialis

Santa Cruz Is. and Vanuatu

albidior

Loyalty Is. and New Caledonia

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