UNIFORM SWIFTLET

Photographed on Boigu Island, Torres Straits, March 2018.

1243                  UNIFORM SWIFTLET                 Aerodramus vanikorensis 

AUSTRALIAN             737

Also known as the Vanikoro or Lowland Swift. Widespread form Philippines through Wallace, New Guinea and Melanesia; vagrant to Australia, recorded in Cape York and Torres Strait Islands. Forages for insects on the wing primarily in lowland forests and open areas. Nests in caves, uses echolocation, rare in birds, to navigate.

CHRISTMAS SWIFTLET

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016.

952             CHRISTMAS SWIFTLET                Collocalia esculenta natalis

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)               681

Also known as Christmas Island Swiftlet, Christmas Glossy Swiftlet and Christmas Cave Swiftlet. 9-11 cm. Restricted to Christmas Island where it is commonly seen above the tropical rainforest; nests in caves in the limestone cliffs in complete darkness.

CAVE SWIFTLET

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(810)                  CAVE SWIFLET          Collocalia linchi

INDONESIA (Bali)          (3)

Also known as Linchi Swiflet.Found over forest and open country, as well as wetlands and cultivation. 10 cm. Range: Sundra sub-region; common on Java, Bali and Lombok, local resident in montane Sumatra.