Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli) | Photos and ID

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Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Geoff Shuetrim, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Geoff Shuetrim · cc-by

Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli), photo 2 — Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0

Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli), photo 3 — Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0

Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli), photo 4 — Photo: Geoff Shuetrim · CC BY 4.0

Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli), photo 5 — Photo: Geoff Shuetrim · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Atiu Swiftlet

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Atiu Swiftlet

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cook Islands

About the Atiu Swiftlet

The Atiu swiftlet or Sawtell's Swiftlet is a species of bird in the swift family, endemic to Atiu in the Cook Islands.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Polynesian SwiftletAerodramus leucophaeusAerodramus leucophaeus is closely related to the species of the A. Sawtelli. Three-toed SwiftletAerodramus papuensisThe three-toed swiftlet or Papuan swiftlet is a species of swift. Bare-legged SwiftletAerodramus nuditarsusThe bare-legged swiftlet is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

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