Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus(Oberholser, HC, 1906)
English (US) Seychelles Swiftlet
The Seychelles Swiftlet (Aerodramus elaphrus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Seychelles (Mahé, Praslin, and La Digue)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aerodramus elaphrus
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Seychelles Swiftlet
- Described by
- (Oberholser, HC, 1906)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra
- Described by
- (Oberholser, HC, 1906)
- Type locality
- Mahe' Island, Seychelles.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 58 p.180,188
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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