Gray salangana [1] ( lat. Aerodramus vanikorensis ) is a bird species from the swine family.
| Gray salangana |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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| International scientific name |
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Aerodramus vanikorensis ( Quoy & Gaimard , 1830) |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 60835335 |
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The range extends from the Philippines to Wallace , New Guinea and Melanesia . Rare flights to Australia are recorded.
Length about 13 cm, wingspan about 27 cm. Weight about 11 g. Color from dark gray to brown.
They feed on flying insects, especially ants . Nest in caves using echolocation, which is rare among birds. They can also build nests in tunnels created by man [2] .
There are several subspecies of this species. Subspecies Aerodramus vanikorensis amelis and A. v. inquietus some experts consider separate species.
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 153. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ The Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) (neopr.) . Birding Hawaii (2002). Date of treatment December 23, 2013.
- Beehler, Bruce M .; & Finch, Brian W. (1985). Species Checklist of the Birds of New Guinea . RAOU Monograph No.1. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union: Melbourne. ISBN 0-9599823-2-9
- Beehler, Bruce M .; Pratt, Thane K .; & Zimmerman, Dale A. (1986). Birds of new guinea . Wau Ecology Handbook No.9. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02394-8
- Coates, Brian J. (1985). The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume 1: Non-Passerines . Dover Publications: Alderley, Queensland. ISBN 0-9590257-0-7
- Higgins, PJ (ed). (1999). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553071-3
