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Glossy swiftlet

Collocalia esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.29 g to 6.85 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
Photo: Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the glossy swiftlet

Weight
6.29 g – 6.85 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
21.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1.4 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the glossy swiftlet live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The glossy swiftlet is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the glossy swiftlet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and eastwards to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.

From the Wikipedia article “Glossy swiftlet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glossy_swiftlet&oldid=1324465077), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the glossy swiftlet endangered?

The glossy swiftlet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the glossy swiftlet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusCollocalia
  7. SpeciesCollocalia esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Hirundo esculenta

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • White-bellied swiftletEnglish
  • salangana lluentaCatalan
  • salangana bělobřicháCzech
  • corgoblyn torwynWelsh
  • GlanssalanganDanish
  • GlanzkopfsalanganeGerman
  • Glanzkopf-SalanganeGerman
  • glacea salanganoEsperanto
  • Salangana lustrosaSpanish
  • läiksalangaanEstonian
  • loistosalangaaniFinnish
  • Salangane soyeuseFrench
  • blistava čiopicaCroatian
  • fényes szalangánaHungarian
  • Walet sapiIndonesian
  • Rondone lucidoItalian
  • Salangana lucenteItalian
  • シロハラアナツバメJapanese
  • baltapilvė salanganaLithuanian
  • Burung Walet SapiMalay
  • WitbuikdwergsalangaanDutch
  • salangana zmiennaPolish
  • andorinhão-lustrosoPortuguese
  • Collocalia esculentaPortuguese
  • salangana-brilhantePortuguese
  • Блестящая саланганаRussian
  • Белобрюхая саланганаRussian
  • salangána bielobrucháSlovak
  • Sjajna čiopicaSerbian
  • นกแอ่นท้องขาวThai
  • BalinsasayawFilipino
  • Parlak YelyutanTurkish
  • салангана білочереваUkrainian
  • 白腹金丝燕Chinese
  • 白腹金絲燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the glossy swiftlet

Other species in the same genus Collocalia.

LC, Least Concern

Pygmy swiftlet

Collocalia troglodytes

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the glossy swiftlet?

An adult glossy swiftlet weighs 6.29 g – 6.85 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the glossy swiftlet live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the glossy swiftlet for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the glossy swiftlet endangered?

The glossy swiftlet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the glossy swiftlet?

The glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{glossy_swiftlet_2026,
  title = {Glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/glossy-swiftlet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}