Palawan swiftlet

Palawan swiftlet
	A Palawan swiftlet inside the Puerto Princesa subterranean river cave.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Apodidae
Genus:	Aerodramus
Species:	A. palawanensis
Binomial name
	Aerodramus palawanensis; Stresemann, 1914
Synonyms
	Collocalia palawanensis; Collocalia vanikorensis palawanensis; Aerodramus vanikorensis palawanensis; Aerodramus palawensis

The Palawan swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Philippines. It uses echolocation to navigate and hunt in the darkness.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

BirdLife International 2004. Aerodramus palawanensis^{[dead link]}. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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