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White-rumped swiftlet

Aerodramus spodiopygius (Peale, 1849)

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The white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) is a species in the family Apodidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.03 g to 11.1 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)
Photo: Duncan Wright · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-rumped swiftlet

Weight
8.03 g – 11.1 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
1.4 – 1.7src 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 white-rumped 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 white-rumped 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the white-rumped swiftlet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Birds in Australia are now treated as a separate species, the Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.

From the Wikipedia article “White-rumped swiftlet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-rumped_swiftlet&oldid=1347770273), 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 white-rumped swiftlet endangered?

The white-rumped 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. What the categories mean.

How is the white-rumped swiftlet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyApodidae
  6. genusAerodramus
  7. SpeciesAerodramus spodiopygius (Peale, 1849)

Synonyms Collocalia spodiopygius, Macropteryx spodiopygius

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • سمامة بيضاء الردفArabic
  • salangana del PacíficCatalan
  • Salangana de carpó blancCatalan
  • salangana melanéskáCzech
  • corgoblyn tinwynWelsh
  • Hvidgumpet SalanganDanish
  • WeißbürzelsalanganeGerman
  • blankpuga salanganoEsperanto
  • Salangana culiblancaSpanish
  • valgepära-salangaanEstonian
  • harmaasalangaaniFinnish
  • Salangane à croupion blancFrench
  • melanezijska čiopicaCroatian
  • fehérarcú szalangánaHungarian
  • Rondone groppabiancaItalian
  • Rondone dal groppone biancoItalian
  • Rondone dalla groppa biancaItalian
  • Salangana groppabiancaItalian
  • コシジロアナツバメJapanese
  • baltasturplis erodramasLithuanian
  • WitstuitsalangaanDutch
  • melanesiasalanganNorwegian
  • salangana białorzytnaPolish
  • andorinhão-cintadoPortuguese
  • salangana-de-uropígio-brancoPortuguese
  • Белогузая саланганаRussian
  • salangána súmračnáSlovak
  • Čiopica sa belim nadrepkomSerbian
  • VitgumpssalanganSwedish
  • vitgumpad salanganSwedish
  • PekepekateaTongan
  • Ak Sokumlu YelyutanTurkish
  • салангана світлогузаUkrainian
  • 白腰金丝燕Chinese
  • 白腰金絲燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-rumped 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 white-rumped swiftlet?

An adult white-rumped swiftlet weighs 8.03 g – 11.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the white-rumped swiftlet live?

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

Is the white-rumped swiftlet endangered?

The white-rumped 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 white-rumped swiftlet?

The white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{white_rumped_swiftlet_2026,
  title = {White-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-rumped-swiftlet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}