Indian Swiftlet
Aerodramus unicolor(Jerdon, TC, 1840)
English (US) Indian Swiftlet
The Indian Swiftlet (Aerodramus unicolor) 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: southwestern peninsular India, Sri Lanka, and small islands off Malabar coastRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aerodramus unicolor
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Indian Swiftlet
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo unicolor
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
- Type locality
- Coonoor Pass of Neilgherries
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 11, no.27 p.238
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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