Christmas Swiftlet
Collocalia natalisLister, JJ, 1889
English (US) Christmas Swiftlet
The Christmas Swiftlet (Collocalia natalis) 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: Christmas Island (east-central Indian Ocean)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Collocalia natalis
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Christmas Swiftlet
- Described by
- Lister, JJ, 1889
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lister, JJ, 1889
- Type locality
- Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888, pt.4, no.35 p.520
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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