Tahiti swiftlet

The Tahiti swiftlet or Polynesian swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to the Society Islands in French Polynesia, where it occurs on Tahiti and Moorea. It prefers wet, rocky and forested valleys at high elevations, and nests either in shallow depressions with overhanging rocks, coastal cliffs or caves.

Tahiti swiftlet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species:
A. leucophaeus
Binomial name
Aerodramus leucophaeus
(Peale, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Collocalia leucophaeus (Peale, 1848) [orth. error]
  • Collocalia leucophaea

References
  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Aerodramus leucophaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.


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