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Halmahera swiftlet

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Halmahera swiftlet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species:
A. i. infuscatus
Binomial name
Aerodramus infuscatus infuscatus
(Salvadori, 1880)

The Halmahera swiftlet (Aerodramus infuscatus infuscatus, formerly Collocalia infuscata) is a subspecies of the Moluccan Swiftlet, in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to North Maluku, Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The IUCN, the International Ornithologists' Union, and other organizations lump the Halmahera swiftlet, the Sulawesi swiftlet, and the Seram swiftlet together, calling it the Moluccan swiftlet.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Aerodramus infuscatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22686522A130108054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22686522A130108054.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Rheindt, F.E., and R.O. Hutchinson. 2007. A photoshot odyssey through the confused avian taxonomy of Seram and Buru (southern Moluccas). BirdingASIA 7: 18–38.