White Rumped Swiftlet

Fact Card

COMMON NAME: WHITE-RUMPED SWIFTLET
SCIENTIFIC NAME: (Aerodramus spodiopygius)
TYPE: Breeder
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Caprimulgiformes / FAMILY – Apodidae / GENUS – Aerodramus

Video: White Rumped Swiftlet

Audio: White Rumped Swiftlet

IUCN Red List Status

References

IUCN (2009, October 1). White-rumped Swiftlet. IUCN. Retrieved September 19, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22686528/93116300
[Josep del Hoyo]. (2012, August 22). White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201432241
[Joshua O. Seamon]. (2009, November 17). White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/139862
White-rumped swiftlet. (2023, August 12). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-rumped_swiftlet

Additional Sources of Information

NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/