Cave Swiftlet (Collocalia linchi)
About the Cave Swiftlet
The cave swiftlet or linchi swiftlet (Collocalia linchi) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found on the Indonesia islands of Sumatra, Java and Bali. It is a woodland species and nests in caves. The Bornean swiftlet was considered a subspecies, but is now usually considered distinct. The cave swiftlet was described by the naturalists Thomas Horsfield and Frederic Moore in 1854 under the present binomial name Collocalia linchi. The specific epithet linchi is the Javanese word for a swiftlet. There are four recognised subspecies: C. l. dedii Somadikarta, 1986 - Bali and Lombok C. l. linchi Horsfield & Moore, F, 1854 - Bawean and Java C. l. ripleyi Somadikarta, S, 1986 - Barisan Mountains, Sumatra
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- Tenggara SwiftletCollocalia sumbawaerecording
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