Family: Apodidae (Swifts)

Authority: (Mearns, 1909)

Red List Category

Criteria: C1

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a small population size, with recent evidence that the stoppage of trapping for snakes on Guam has caused a reduction in population size that is precautionarily assumed to be ongoing. It therefore is assessed as Vulnerable.

Population size: 3000-5000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 4,400 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial