Aerodramus spodiopygius
Conservation status:
Not Threatened.
Behaviour:
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy:
- Macropteryx spodiopygius Peale, 1848, Upolu and Tutuila, Samoa Islands. Genus often merged into Collocalia. Forms superspecies with A. mearnsi, A. infuscatus, A. hirundinaceus and A. terraereginae, and last three have all been considered conspecific with present species. A. sawtelli may prove to be merely a race of present species. Previously placed in composite species A. francicus. Eleven subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * delichon (Salomonsen, 1983) - Admiralty Is. * eichhorni (Hartert, 1924) - Mussau I in St Matthias Group (NC Bismarck Archipelago). * noonaedanae (Salomonsen, 1983) - New Ireland and New Britain. * reichenowi (Stresemann, 1912) - S & E Solomon Is. * desolatus (Salomonsen, 1983) - Duff Is, Swallow Is and Santa Cruz Is. * epiensis (Salomonsen, 1983) - N & C Vanuatu. * ingens (Salomonsen, 1983) - S Vanuatu. * leucopygius (Wallace, 1864) - Loyalty Is and New Caledonia. * assimilis (Stresemann, 1912) - Fiji. * townsendi (Oberholser, 1906) - Tonga. * spodiopygius (Peale, 1848) - Samoa.
Trophic strategy:
Nothing known