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Uniform swiftlet

Aerodramus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 10.5 g to 10.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)
Photo: Lip Kee Yap from Singapore, Republic of Singapore · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the uniform swiftlet

Weight
10.5 g – 10.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1.4src 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 uniform 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 uniform 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 uniform swiftlet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis), also known as the Vanikoro swiftlet or lowland swiftlet, is a gregarious, medium-sized swiftlet with a shallowly forked tail. The colouring is dark grey-brown, darker on the upperparts with somewhat paler underparts, especially on chin and throat. This species is widespread from the Philippines through Wallacea, New Guinea and Melanesia. It forages for flying insects primarily in lowland forests and open areas. It nests in caves where it uses its sense of echolocation, rare in birds, to navigate.

From the Wikipedia article “Uniform swiftlet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uniform_swiftlet&oldid=1315326613), 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 uniform swiftlet endangered?

The uniform 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 uniform swiftlet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusAerodramus
  7. SpeciesAerodramus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Synonyms Collocalia vanicorensis, Collocalia vanikorensis, Hirundo vanikorensis

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Gray swiftletEnglish
  • سمامة موحدةArabic
  • salangana de l'illa VanikoroCatalan
  • salangana vanikorskáCzech
  • corgoblyn unlliwWelsh
  • Ensfarvet SalanganDanish
  • EinfarbsalanganeGerman
  • unukolora salanganoEsperanto
  • Salangana de VanikoroSpanish
  • pruunsalangaanEstonian
  • alankosalangaaniFinnish
  • Salangane de VanikoroFrench
  • siva čiopicaCroatian
  • egyszínű szalangánaHungarian
  • Walet polosIndonesian
  • Salangana uniformeItalian
  • Rondone delle VanikoroItalian
  • ムジアナツバメJapanese
  • pilkasis erodramasLithuanian
  • Grijze SalangaanDutch
  • monsunsalanganNorwegian
  • salangana jednobarwnaPolish
  • salangana-uniformePortuguese
  • andorinhão-uniformePortuguese
  • Серая саланганаRussian
  • Нарядная саланганаRussian
  • salangána ostrovnáSlovak
  • Jednobojna čiopicaSerbian
  • enfärgad salanganSwedish
  • Vanikoro YelyutanıTurkish
  • салангана бураUkrainian
  • 純色金絲燕Chinese
  • 纯色金丝燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the uniform swiftlet?

An adult uniform swiftlet weighs 10.5 g – 10.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the uniform swiftlet live?

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

Is the uniform swiftlet endangered?

The uniform 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 uniform swiftlet?

The uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis) belongs to the family Apodidae in the order Apodiformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/uniform-swiftlet

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BibTeX
@misc{uniform_swiftlet_2026,
  title = {Uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/uniform-swiftlet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}