Species of Swiftlets or Cave Swiftlets
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Genus Collocalia
- Glossy Swiftlet, Collocalia esculenta
- Grey-rumped Swiftlet, Collocalia (esculenta) marginata
- Cave Swiftlet, Collocalia linchi
- Pygmy Swiftlet, Collocalia troglodytes
Genus Aerodramus
- Seychelles Swiftlet, Aerodramus elaphrus
- Mascarene Swiftlet, Aerodramus francicus
- Indian Swiftlet, Aerodramus unicolor
- Philippine Swiftlet, Aerodramus mearnsi
- Moluccan Swiftlet, Aerodramus infuscatus
- Mountain Swiftlet, Aerodramus hirundinaceus
- White-rumped Swiftlet, Aerodramus spodiopygius
- Australian Swiftlet, Aerodramus terraereginae
- Himalayan Swiftlet, Aerodramus brevirostris
- Indochinese Swiftlet, Aerodramus rogersi
- Volcano Swiftlet, Aerodramus vulcanorum
- Whitehead's Swiftlet, Aerodramus whiteheadi
- Bare-legged Swiftlet, Aerodramus nuditarsus
- Mayr's Swiftlet, Aerodramus orientalis
- Palawan Swiftlet, Aerodramus palawanensis
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet, Aerodramus salangana
- Uniform Swiftlet, Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Palau Swiftlet, Aerodramus pelewensis
- Guam Swiftlet, Aerodramus bartschi
- Caroline Islands Swiftlet, Aerodramus inquietus
- Mangaia Swiftlet, Aerodramus manuoi (prehistoric)
- Atiu Swiftlet, Aerodramus sawtelli
- Polynesian Swiftlet, Aerodramus leucophaeus
- Marquesan Swiftlet, Aerodramus ocistus
- Black-nest Swiftlet, Aerodramus maximus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Brown-rumped Swiftlet, Aerodramus (fuciphagus) vestitus
- German's Swiftlet, Aerodramus germani
- Papuan swiftlet, Aerodramus papuensis - probably a distinct genus
Genus Hydrochous
- Waterfall Swift, Hydrochous gigas
Genus Schoutedenapus
- Scarce Swift, Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Schouteden's Swift, Schoutedenapus schoutedeni
The Papuan Swiftlet is apparently closer to the Waterfall Swift than to the other Aerodramus species and probably best placed in a separate genus (Price et al., 2005), whereas Thomassen et al. (2005) advocate reuniting all swiftlets in Collocalia. Schoutedenapus is one of the least-known genera of birds.
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