Whitehead's Swiftlet
Aerodramus whiteheadi(Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1895)
English (US) Whitehead's Swiftlet
The Whitehead's Swiftlet (Aerodramus whiteheadi) 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.
- Scientific name
- Aerodramus whiteheadi
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- Whitehead's Swiftlet
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1895)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Aerodramus whiteheadi whiteheadi
- Aerodramus whiteheadi origenis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Collocalia whiteheadi
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1895)
- Type locality
- Mount Data, Highlands of Lepanto, Luzon.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.7, vol.1, no.4 p.459
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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