Uniform swiftlet / Einfarbsalangane (Aerodramus vanikorensis)

Wikipedia: Uniform swiftlet Source: WIKIPEDIA Uniform_Swiftlet_%28Aerodramus_vanikorensis%29.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Aerodramus (Aerodramus); Subfamily Apodinae (Apodinae); Family Swifts (Apodidae)
General: The uniform swiftlet, (Aerodramus vanikorensis), also known as the Vanikoro or lowland swiftlet, is a gregarious, medium-sized swiftlet with a shallowly forked tail. The colouring is dark grey-brown, darker on the upperparts with somewhat paler underparts, especially on chin and throat. This species is widespread from the Philippines through Wallacea, New Guinea and Melanesia. It forages for flying insects primarily in lowland forests and open areas. It nests in caves where it uses its sense of echolocation, rare in birds, to navigate. [more]