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Three-toed swiftlet

Aerodramus papuensis (Rand, 1941)

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The three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.9 g to 20.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

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Quick facts about the three-toed swiftlet

Weight
19.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
rockysrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the three-toed 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 three-toed 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 three-toed swiftlet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The three-toed swiftlet or Papuan swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis, formerly Collocalia papuensis) is a species of swift. It is found in New Guinea.

From the Wikipedia article “Three-toed swiftlet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three-toed_swiftlet&oldid=1343266563), 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 three-toed swiftlet endangered?

The three-toed swiftlet is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

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

How is the three-toed swiftlet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusAerodramus
  7. SpeciesAerodramus papuensis (Rand, 1941)

Synonyms Collocalia papuensis, Collocalia whiteheadi papuensis

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Papuan swiftletEnglish
  • Papuan swiftletEnglish
  • سمامة ثلاثية الأصابعArabic
  • salangana de Nova GuineaCatalan
  • salangana papuánskáCzech
  • corgoblyn PapwaWelsh
  • Tretået SalanganDanish
  • PapuasalanganeGerman
  • papua salanganoEsperanto
  • Salangana papúSpanish
  • Salangana papúaSpanish
  • kolmvarvas-salangaanEstonian
  • papuansalangaaniFinnish
  • Salangane papoueFrench
  • pápua szalangánaHungarian
  • Sitella papuaIndonesian
  • Salangana papuaItalian
  • パプアカワアナツバメJapanese
  • papuasinis erodramasLithuanian
  • DrieteensalangaanDutch
  • papuasalanganNorwegian
  • salangana papuaskaPolish
  • salangana-papuaPortuguese
  • andorinhão-tridáctiloPortuguese
  • Папуанская саланганаRussian
  • Папуасская саланганаRussian
  • salangána trojprstáSlovak
  • Troprsta čiopicaSerbian
  • Üç Parmaklı YelyutanTurkish
  • салангана папуанськаUkrainian
  • 三趾金絲燕Chinese
  • 巴布亚金丝燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the three-toed swiftlet

Other species in the same genus Aerodramus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the three-toed swiftlet?

An adult three-toed swiftlet weighs 19.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the three-toed swiftlet live?

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

Is the three-toed swiftlet endangered?

The three-toed swiftlet is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

What kind of animal is the three-toed swiftlet?

The three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-toed-swiftlet

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“Three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-toed-swiftlet.

BibTeX
@misc{three_toed_swiftlet_2026,
  title = {Three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-toed-swiftlet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}