Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis) | Details

Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Aerodramus vanikorensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Collocalia and split as C. vanikorensis, C. amelis and C. palawanensis following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

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. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	11 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	11,200,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be common to abundant throughout its 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	Non-breeding visitor
Australia	extant	vagrant		yes
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes
Philippines	extant	native	yes
Solomon Islands	extant	native	yes
Vanuatu	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Philippines	El Nido
Philippines	Mount Mantalingahan
Philippines	Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Natural Park / Cleopatra's Needle
Philippines	San Vicente - Taytay - Roxas forests
Philippines	Victoria and Anepahan Ranges

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
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/uniform-swiftlet-aerodramus-vanikorensis on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.