Palau Swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis) - BirdLife species factsheet

Palau Swiftlet Aerodramus pelewensis

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Aerodramus pelewensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Collocalia.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	1,700
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	stable		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	5	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be common to abundant within its small range (del Hoyo et al. 1999).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Palau	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Palau	Middle Ridge, Babeldaob
Palau	Ngerutechei, Babeldaob
Palau	Peleliu
Palau	Rock Islands
Palau	Western Ridge, Babeldaob

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	major	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Aerodramus pelewensis. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/palau-swiftlet-aerodramus-pelewensis on 28/05/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 28/05/2023.