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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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