Mossy-nest Swiftlet

Aerodramus salangana - Salangane de la Sonde

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Apodidés

  • Genus
    :

    Aerodramus

  • Species
    :

    salangana

Descriptor

Streubel, 1848

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 12 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana) is a species of bird in the Apodidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Aerodramus salangana salangana (Java)
  • Aerodramus salangana aerophilus (islands off w Sumatra)
  • Aerodramus salangana natunae (n Borneo, Natuna Is., Sumatra. ?.)
  • Aerodramus salangana maratua (Maratua Arch.. off ne Borneo.)

Foreign names

  • Salangane de la Sonde,
  • Salangana de la Sonda,
  • andorinhão-das-sundas,
  • Moosnestsalangane,
  • Mosnestsalangaan,
  • Salangana nidomuschiato,
  • mossbosalangan,
  • Sundasalangan,
  • salangána jaskyniarka,
  • salangana mechová,
  • Salangan,
  • sammalsalangaani,
  • salangana de la Sonda,
  • salangana mszysta,
  • Зондская салангана,
  • Walet sarang-lumut,
  • コケアナツバメ,
  • 苔巢金丝燕,
  • 苔巢金絲燕,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) : Caves

Geographic range

Distribution

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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