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Whiterumpedswiftlet

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Ordo: Apodiformes

Familia: Apodidae
Subfamilia: Apodinae
Tribus: Collocaliini
Genus: Aerodramus
Species: Aerodramus spodiopygius
Subspecies: A. s. assimilis – A. s. delichon – A. s. desolatus – A. s. eichhorni – A. s. epiensis – A. s. ingens – A. s. leucopygius – A. s. noonaedanae – A. s. reichenowi – A. s. spodiopygius – A. s. townsendi
Name

Aerodramus spodiopygius (Peale, 1848)
Synonyms

Macropteryx spodiopygius (protonym)
Collocalia spodiopygius

References

United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838-1842 8: 176.

Vernacular names
čeština: Salangana melanéská
English: White-rumped Swiftlet
español: Salangana culiblanca
français: Salangane à croupion blanc
Nederlands: Witstuitsalangaan
svenska: Vitgumpssalangan
lea faka-Tonga: Pekepekatea

The white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Birds in Australia are now treated as a separate species, Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.
References

BirdLife International (2016). "Aerodramus spodiopygius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686528A93116300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686528A93116300.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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