The mossy-nest swiftlet (''Aerodramus salangana'') is a
species of
swift in the family
Apodidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the
uniform swiftlet
The uniform swiftlet, (''Aerodramus vanikorensis''), also known as the Vanikoro swiftlet or lowland swiftlet, is a gregarious, medium-sized swiftlet with a shallowly forked tail. The colouring is dark grey-brown, darker on the upperparts with som ...
. It is found in northern
Borneo, the
Natuna and the
Derawan Islands and
Nias island off western
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
. Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests.
References
Sources
* BirdLife International 2004.
Aerodramus salangana 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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Birds of Malesia
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