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Palawan swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis) hunting by echolocation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Ordo: Apodiformes

Familia: Apodidae
Subfamilia: Apodinae
Tribus: Collocaliini
Genus: Aerodramus
Species: Aerodramus palawanensis
Subspecies: A. p. tsubame
Name

Aerodramus palawanensis (Stresemann, 1914)

Original combination: Collocalia lowi palawanensis

References

Verhandlungen der Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern 12 Heft1 p. 10
Vernacular names
English: Palawan Swiftlet
español: Salangana de Palawan

The Palawan swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Philippines. It uses echolocation to navigate and hunt in the darkness.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References

BirdLife International 2004. Aerodramus palawanensis[dead link]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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