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Mossy-nest Swiftlet

Aerodramus salangana (Streubel, AV 1848)

The mossy-nest swiftlet is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is found in northern Borneo, the Natuna and the Derawan Islands and Nias island off western Sumatra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Streubel, AV 1848)

Reference:
   Isis 41 col.368

Protonym:
  Hemiprocne salangana

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13256271#page/206/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8630DD29DF96D614

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8630DD29

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8630DD29


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 693129

Geographic range:

  • Aerodramus salangana: Sumatra, Java, and Borneo and some satellite islands
  • Aerodramus salangana salangana: Java; single Philippine record from Basilan
  • Aerodramus salangana natunae: northern Borneo, Natuna Islands, and (?) Sumatra
  • Aerodramus salangana aerophilus: Nias and adjacent islands off western Sumatra
  • Aerodramus salangana maratua: Maratua Archipelago (off northeastern Borneo)
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English:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Catalan:
Salangana de la Sonda
Czech:
salangana mechová
Danish:
Salangan
German:
Moosnestsalangane
Spanish:
Salangana de la Sonda
Spanish (Spain):
Salangana de La Sonda
Finnish:
sammalsalangaani
French:
Salangane de la Sonde
Croatian:
sundska čiopica
Italian:
Salangana nidomuschiato
Japanese (romaji):
kokeanatsubame
Japanese:
コケアナツバメ
Lithuanian:
Sundinis erodramas
Dutch:
Mosnestsalangaan
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sundasalangan
Norwegian:
Sundasalangan
Polish:
salangana mszysta
Portuguese:
salangana-da-grande-sunda
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinhão-das-sundas
Russian:
Зондская салангана
Slovak:
salangána jaskyniarka
Serbian:
Čiopica mahovinastog gnezda
Swedish:
mossbosalangan
Ukrainian:
Салангана яванська
Chinese:
苔巢金丝燕
Chinese (Traditional):
苔巢金絲燕


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Salangane de la Sonde ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Salangane de la Sonde ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2022:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2023:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2024:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements 4th edition:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2015:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2016:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2017:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2018:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Clements, version 2019:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 1.50:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2015:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2016:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2017:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2018:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2019:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2021:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2022:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2023:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
eBird version 2024:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Mossy Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Mossy Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 4]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Mossy Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salangana) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Collocalia natunae
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Collocalia salangana)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Mossy-nest Swiftlet ( Aerodramus salanganus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Aerodramus salangana [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Aerodramus salangana [version 5]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Aerodramus [vanikorensis, amelis, infuscatus, palawensis, mearnsi, salangana or inquietus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Salangana de la Sonda
Czech: Salangana mechová
Danish: Salangan
German: Moosnestsalangane, Moosnest-Salangane
English: Mossy nest Swiftlet, Mossy Swiftlet, Mossy-nest Swiftlet, sunda Swiftlet, Thunberg's Swiftlet
English, HBW: Mossy-nest Swiftlet
English (IOC): Mossy-nest Swiftlet
English (United States): Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Esperanto: Salangano
Spanish: Rabitojo de Nido de Musgo, Salangana de la Sonda
Spanish (Spain): Salangana de La Sonda
Spanish (HBW): Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Estonian: sammalpesa-salangaan
Finnish: Sammalsalangaani
French: Salangane de la Sonde
Croatian: sundska čiopica
Indonesian: Burung Walet Sarang-lumut, Walet sarang lumut, Walet Sarang-lumut
Italian: Salangana muschiata, Salangana nidomuschiato
Japanese (romaji): koke ana-tsubame, kokeanatsubame
Japanese: コケアナツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): 苔穴燕
Scientific: Aerodramus salangana, Aerodramus salangana natunae, Aerodramus salangana salangana, Aerodramus salanganus, Collocalia francica natunae, Collocalia natunae, Collocalia salangana, Hemiprocne salangana
Lithuanian: Sundinis erodramas
Dutch: Mosnestsalangaan, Mos-nestsalangaan
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sundasalangan
Norwegian: Sundasalangan
Polish: salangana mszysta, Salangana sundajska
Pinyin: tái-cháo jīn-sī-yàn
Portuguese: salangana-da-grande-sunda
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-das-sundas
Russian: Белобрюхая серая салангана, Зондская салангана, Салангана белобрюхая серая, Серая салангана
Slovak: salangána jaskyniarka
Serbian: Čiopica mahovinastog gnezda
Swedish: mossbosalangan, Sammetssalangan
Turkish: Sunda yelyutanı
Ukrainian: Салангана яванська
Vietnamese: Chim Yến rêu
Chinese: 苔巢金丝燕
Chinese (Traditional): 苔巢金絲燕

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