Family: Apodidae (Swifts)

Authority: (Rand, 1941)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species is known from only a handful of specimens and may be unidentifiable in the field. Although previously reported to be locally common, there are no recent records and there is little known of its likely distribution extent, population size, trends and threats. Data are therefore inadequate to determine a threat category, with plausible categories ranging from CR to LC. It is therefore classified as Data Deficient.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 300,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial