Aerodramus mearnsi

(Oberholser, 1912) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Apodiformes/Apodidae/Aerodramus

At a glance

Occurrence records2 312

Data sources8

Biological traits19

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 312 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 312 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The Philippine swiftlet (Aerodramus mearnsi) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology11

Beak depth1.8 mm

Beak length (culmen)6.2 mm

Beak length (nares)1.9 mm

Beak width2.1 mm

Body mass11.4 g

Hand-wing index67.9

Kipp's distance74 mm

Secondary length35 mm

Tail length46.5 mm

Tarsus length8.9 mm

Wing length109 mm

Diet & foraging4

Aerial100 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size254 012 km²

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aerodramus mearnsi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 312 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 297

Museum / vouchered12

Other3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 796 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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤10 km 1>10 km 1

4 georeferenced · 2 293 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 297

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence12

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 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Copenhagen, DK	5
New Haven, US	2
Cincinnati Museum Centerlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 8 of 12 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Aerodramus mearnsi was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median28.0 °C 28.0–28.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.70 °C

Max temp (day)30.6 °C

Min temp (night)24.4 °C

Precipitation71.6 mm/mo

Air humidity61.7 %

Moisture balance-115 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,440 Pa

Wind speed3.80 m/s

Cloud cover37.6 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Aerodramus mearnsi

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology11

Diet & foraging4

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type2 312 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type2 312 records