Family Apodidae Scientific name Collocalia Rank Genus Subclass Modern birds | Infraclass Neognathae Tribe Collocaliini Phylum Chordata | |
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White bellied swiftlet collocalia esculenta
Collocalia is a genus of swifts, containing some of the smaller species termed "swiftlets". Formerly a catch-all genus for these, a number of its erstwhile members are now normally (though not by all authors) placed in Aerodramus.
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Remaining in Collocalia are:
An Early Miocene fossil swiftlet from the famous Riversleigh deposits of Australia was described as Collocalia buday. This as well as a right ulna (MNZ S42799) found at the Manuherikia River in Otago, New Zealand and dating from the Early to Middle Miocene (Awamoan to Lillburnian, 19-16 million years ago) would probably go into Aerodramus too.
Germain s swiftlet collocalia germani
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Collocalia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA