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Tahiti Swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus)

Tahiti Swiftlet
Photo: Cricket Raspet via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Tahiti Swiftlet

The Tahiti swiftlet or Polynesian swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus) 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. It is endemic to the Society Islands in French Polynesia, where it occurs on Tahiti and Moorea.

Source: Tahiti swiftlet on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 1 recording for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in France in the xeno-canto catalogue.