Welcome Guest

Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet

Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus] (= Aerodramus leucophaeus) (Peale, TR 1849)

The Tahiti swiftlet or Polynesian swiftlet is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. While often compared to the Marquesan Swiftlet, this bird is often more pale faced. The subspecies is the Monotypic which means it does not include a subspecies. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Aerodramus
Scientific:
  Aerodramus leucophaeus

Original description

Citation:
  (Peale, TR 1849)

Reference:
   U.S. Explor. Exped. [Wilkes] 8 p.178

Imprint year:
  1848

Protonym:
  Macropteryx leucophaeus

Type locality:
  Tahiti.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/348055#page/198/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4544C16E9B5DA2A3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4544C16E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4544C16E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554967

English:
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet
French:
Salangane de la Société ou S. des Marquises

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet ( Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus])
Avilist 2025:
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Polynesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaeus) [version 2]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Tahiti Swiftlet ( Aerodramus leucophaea) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Aerodramus [leucophaeus, sawtelli or ocistus]

Your sightings

You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.

Related taxa

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Salangana de la Polinèsia
Czech: salangana tahitská
Danish: Tahitisalangan
German: Polynesiensalangane
English: Polynesian Swiftlet, Tahiti or Marquesan Swiftlet, Tahiti Swiftlet
Esperanto: Polinezia apuseto, polinezia salangano
Spanish: Salangana polinesia
Spanish (Spain): Salangana Polinesia
Estonian: polüneesia salangaan
Finnish: tahitinsalangaani
French: Salangane de la Société, Salangane de la Société ou S. des Marquises
Hungarian: tahiti szalangána
Italian: Salangana di Polinesia
Japanese (romaji): tahichianatsubame
Japanese: タヒチアナツバメ
Scientific: Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocista], Aerodramus [leucophaeus or ocistus], Aerodramus leucophaea, Aerodramus leucophaeus, Aerodramus leucophaeus leucophaeus, Macropteryx leucophaeus
Lithuanian: Polinezinis erodramas
Dutch: Tahitisalangaan
Norwegian: Tahitisalangan
Polish: salangana czarna
Russian: Таитянская салангана
Slovak: salangána čierna
Swedish: Tahitisalangan
Tahitian: ope'a
Ukrainian: Салангана таїтійська
Chinese: 塔岛金丝燕
Chinese (Traditional): 波里尼西亞金絲燕

Avibase has been visited 491,919,496 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy