Aerodramus leucophaeus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Apodiformes/Apodidae/Aerodramus

At a glance

Occurrence records182

Data sources6

Biological traits20

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Aerodramus leucophaeus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility182 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF182 records

01Narrative

The Tahiti swiftlet or Polynesian swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. While often compared to the Marquesan Swiftlet, this bird is often more pale faced. The subspecies is the Monotypic which means it does not include a subspecies. It is endemic to the Society Islands in French Polynesia, where it occurs on Tahiti and Moorea.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology11

Beak depth1.7 mm

Beak length (culmen)6.6 mm

Beak length (nares)2 mm

Beak width1.8 mm

Body mass13.35 g

Hand-wing index63.5

Kipp's distance75.4 mm

Secondary length43.2 mm

Tail length53.6 mm

Tarsus length9 mm

Wing length119 mm

Diet & foraging5

Aerial80 %

Canopy20 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size1 090 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type182 records

Wild obs. + sensor180

Museum / vouchered2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO144 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 11≤1 km 4≤10 km 1>10 km 1

17 georeferenced · 163 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor180

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	1
Honolulu, US	1

2 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown