Aerodramus pelewensis

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Apodiformes/Apodidae/Aerodramus

At a glance

Occurrence records3 820

Data sources6

Biological traits22

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 820 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 820 records

01Narrative

The Palau swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to Palau. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraitsAmnioteDB

Size & morphology12

Beak depth1.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)5.6 mm

Beak length (nares)2.6 mm

Beak width2.1 mm

Body mass13.35 g

Hand-wing index68.5

Kipp's distance73.8 mm

SVL11 cm

Secondary length33.9 mm

Tail length49.4 mm

Tarsus length9 mm

Wing length108 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size1

Diet & foraging5

Aerial80 %

Canopy20 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size454 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 820 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 814

Museum / vouchered6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO620 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 13

13 georeferenced · 3 801 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 814

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 5

5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6

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 institutions3 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
New Haven, US	3
Berkeley, US	2
Wuzhou, CN	1

3 institutions · 6 of 6 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging5

Habitat & environment4

Record type3 820 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Record type3 820 records