Palawan swiftlet

Palawan swiftlet
A Palawan swiftlet inside the Puerto Princesa subterranean river cave.
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.

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