Glossy Swiftlet

Taxonomy

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Apodidae

Genus

Collocalia

eBird Code

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Subspecies (17)

• Collocalia esculenta amethystina

  Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)

• Collocalia esculenta becki

  central and northeastern Solomon Islands; single record from Malaita

• Collocalia esculenta desiderata

  Rennell (southeastern Solomon Islands)

• Collocalia esculenta esculenta

  central and southern Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula islands (off eastern Sulawesi), southern Moluccas (to Kai Islands), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)

• Collocalia esculenta heinrothi

  New Hanover, Nusa, Dyaul, and New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Collocalia esculenta hypogrammica

  Bismarck Archipelago (Nissan and Green)

• Collocalia esculenta lagonoleucos

  Buka and Bougainville (northwestern Solomon Islands; identity of population on Shortland not determined, but possibly this subspecies)

• Collocalia esculenta makirensis

  Makira (southeastern Solomon Islands)

• Collocalia esculenta manadensis

  northern Sulawesi, and Sangihe, Siau, and Talaud islands (to northeast of Sulawesi)

• Collocalia esculenta minuta

  Salayar, Bonerate, Tanahjampea, and Kalao islands (northern Flores Sea)

• Collocalia esculenta misimae

  Misima and Rossel (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea)

• Collocalia esculenta nitens

  New Guinea including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea), Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea), and Karkar

• Collocalia esculenta numforensis

  Numfor (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Collocalia esculenta spilogaster

  Bismarck Archipelago (Lihir Group and Tatau Islands)

• Collocalia esculenta spilura

  northern Moluccas

• Collocalia esculenta stresemanni

  Admiralty Islands (Manus, Rambutyo, Nauna, and Los Negros)

• Collocalia esculenta tametamele

  New Britain including Witu Islands (to the northwest; southeastern Bismarck Archipelago