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Glossy Swiftlet

Swifts

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Collocalia esculenta

Basic stats

Range

Sulawesi east to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (as given in the account used)

The glossy swiftlet is a swift in the family Apodidae. It is shiny black-blue above, including the rump, and sometimes looks black and hooded, with a black chest and a white belly and flanks finely speckled with black at the margins. The wing tips are rounded. The account used here gives its range as Sulawesi east to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, so its status on Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula (where earlier lists use the name) is not covered (Wikipedia, general species account).

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Where is the Glossy Swiftlet found?
Sulawesi east to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (as given in the account used)
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