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Collocalia buday

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Collocalia buday
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, 28–16 Ma
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C. buday
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Collocalia buday
Boles, 2001

Collocalia buday is an extinct species of large swiftlet from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Australia. It was described in 2001 by Walter Boles from fossil material found at Riversleigh, in the Boodjamulla National Park of north-western Queensland.[1]

References

  1. ^ Boles, W. E. (2001). "A swiftlet (Apodidae: Collocaliini) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 25: 45–52.