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Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi)

Aerodramus francicus saffordi Kirwan, GM; Shirihai, H; Schweizer, M 2018

Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Aerodramus
Scientific:
  Aerodramus francicus saffordi

Original description

Citation:
  Kirwan, GM; Shirihai, H; Schweizer, M 2018

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 138 p.122

Protonym:
  Aerodramus francicus saffordi

Type locality:
  at 1,100 m elevation, 8 km south-southwest of Saint-Denis (20°52'44"S, 55°26'53"E), northern Reunion, in the south-west Indian Ocean, on 17 November 1964 by F. B. Gill

Link:
  http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.25226/bboc.v138i2.2018.a6

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E5BD2E8E1C2DE10A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E5BD2E8E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E5BD2E8E

Taxonomic Serial Number:

Geographic range:

  • Aerodramus francicus saffordi: Réunion (western Mascarenes, western Indian Ocean)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi)
French:
Salangane des Mascareignes (saffordi)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi) ( Aerodramus francicus saffordi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi) ( Aerodramus francicus saffordi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi) ( Aerodramus francicus saffordi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi) ( Aerodramus francicus saffordi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi) ( Aerodramus francicus saffordi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi) ( Aerodramus francicus saffordi)
Avilist 2025:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Aerodramus francicus saffordi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Aerodramus francicus

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English: Mascarene Swiftlet (saffordi)
French: Salangane des Mascareignes (saffordi)
Scientific: Aerodramus francicus saffordi

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