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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderApodiformes
  5. ›familyApodidae
  6. ›genusCollocalia
Collocalia esculenta
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Glossy Swiftlet

Collocalia esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Also calledBalinsasayaw (tgl) · Burung Walet Sapi (msa) · Collocalia esculenta (por) · Glanzkopf-Salangane (deu) · Glanzkopfsalangane (deu) · Parlak Yelyutan (tur) · Rondone lucido (ita) · Salangana lucente (ita) · Salangana lustrosa (spa) · Salangane soyeuse (fra) · Sjajna čiopica (srp) · Walet sapi (ind) · Witbuikdwergsalangaan (nld) · andorinhão-lustroso (por)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

Distribution

Breeding regions are OR, AU. Breeding subregions are Sulawesi to New Guinea and satellites and Solomon Is..

IOC World Bird List, v

description

Local names Man Doranfia (Sansundi), Man Dorya (Soeparno 1977). Range C. e. esculenta Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Yapen and Mios Num. Status Resident. Widespread, moderately common, and recorded by most visitors. Probably more visible (= more common?) in southern Biak as the forest has been opened up by roads and other clearance.

The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2477292.