Satin swiftlet
The satin swiftlet (Collocalia uropygialis) is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to the Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet.
| Satin swiftlet | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Collocalia |
| Species: | C. uropygialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Collocalia uropygialis Gray, GR, 1866 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Collocalia esculenta uropygialis | |
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