Collocalia esculenta Linnaeus 1758 (glossy swiftlet)

Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae

Alternative combination: Hirundo esculenta

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Collocalia according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Balouet and Olson 1989, Linnaeus 1758, Meijer et al. 2013, Reis and Garong 2001 and Steadman et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Collocalia buday, Collocalia incerta, Collocalia troglodytes

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Indonesia (5 collections), New Caledonia (3), Papua New Guinea (3), the Philippines (3)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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