Glossy Swiftlet

Collocalia esculenta - Salangane soyeuse

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Apodidés

  • Genus
    :

    Collocalia

  • Species
    :

    esculenta

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 10 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 8 à 11 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Salangane soyeuse
adult

Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) is a species of bird in the Apodidae family.

Subspecific information 17 subspecies

  • Collocalia esculenta esculenta (c and s Sulawesi through Banggai and Sula Is to c and s Moluccas)
  • Collocalia esculenta minuta (Tanahjampea and Kalao Is.. off Sulawesi.)
  • Collocalia esculenta manadensis (n Sulawesi to Sangihe and the Talaud Is.)
  • Collocalia esculenta spilura (n Moluccas)
  • Collocalia esculenta amethystina (Waigeo I.. off nw New Guinea.)
  • Collocalia esculenta numforensis (Numfor I.. off nw New Guinea.)
  • Collocalia esculenta nitens (New Guinea lowlands, w Papuan islands)
  • Collocalia esculenta misimae (Louisiade Arch.)
  • Collocalia esculenta tametamele (New Britain and Witu Is.. Bismarck Arch.. , Bougainville I. (nw Solomon Is.))
  • Collocalia esculenta stresemanni (Admiralty Is.)
  • Collocalia esculenta heinrothi (New Ireland, New Hanover and Djaul. c Bismarck Arch..)
  • Collocalia esculenta spilogaster (Tabar Is., the Lihir group. ne Bismarck Arch.. and Green Is. (e Bismarck Arch.))
  • Collocalia esculenta hypogrammica (mountains of w New Guinea)
  • Collocalia esculenta lagonoleucos ()
  • Collocalia esculenta becki (c and ne Solomon Is.)
  • Collocalia esculenta makirensis (San Cristóbal I.. se Solomon Is..)
  • Collocalia esculenta desiderata (Rennell I.. s Solomon Is..)

Foreign names

  • Salangane soyeuse,
  • Salangana lustrosa,
  • andorinhão-lustroso,
  • Glanzkopfsalangane,
  • fényes szalangána,
  • Witbuikdwergsalangaan,
  • Salangana lucente,
  • glanssalangan,
  • Glanssalangan,
  • salangána bielobruchá,
  • salangana bělobřichá,
  • Glanssalangan,
  • loistosalangaani,
  • salangana lluenta,
  • salangana zmienna,
  • Блестящая салангана,
  • Walet sapi,
  • シロハラアナツバメ,
  • 白腹金丝燕,
  • นกแอ่นท้องขาว,
  • 白腹金絲燕,

Voice song and cries

Salangane soyeuse
adult

Habitat

Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) : Caves ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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