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Uniform swiftlet
| Uniform swiftlet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Aerodramus |
| Species: | A. vanikorensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
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The uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis), also known as the Vanikoro swiftlet or lowland swiftlet, is a gregarious, medium-sized swiftlet with a shallowly forked tail. The colouring is dark grey-brown, darker on the upperparts with somewhat paler underparts, especially on chin and throat. This species is widespread from the Philippines through Wallacea, New Guinea and Melanesia. It forages for flying insects primarily in lowland forests and open areas. It nests in caves where it uses its sense of echolocation, rare in birds, to navigate.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Aerodramus vanikorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60835335A132039270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60835335A132039270.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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