Family: Apodidae (Swifts)

Authority: (Jerdon, 1864)

Red List Category

Criteria: D1

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Justification of Red List category
This poorly known swift qualifies as Vulnerable owing to its very small known population. Discovery of new breeding colonies or identification of possible threats would necessitate a reassessment of its threat status.

Population size: 250-700

Population trend: Stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 158,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
AEMLAP