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At about 10 cm in length it is a tiny swiftlet with relatively short wings and a square tail. Mainly glossy dark grey to black in colour, it has a white belly. Compared with the glossy swiftlet, which also occurs within its range, it is slightly smaller, with a greenish, rather than bluish, gloss to the feathers, and with no white tail spots; nor does it have feathered hind toes.
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When to see the Bornean Swiftlet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bornean Swiftlet
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Bornean Swiftlet
The Bornean swiftlet, also referred to as the Kinabalu 'linchi' swiftlet, is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is endemic to the northern mountains of the island of Borneo. It has variously been considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet or the cave swiftlet, and in 2008 was split from the latter as a full species C. dodgei.
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Easily confused with
Christmas SwiftletCollocalia natalisThe Christmas Island swiftlet is a small swiftlet some 9–11 cm (3.5–4.3 in) in length.
Tenggara SwiftletCollocalia sumbawaeThe Tenggara swiftlet is 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) in length with a square tail.
Satin SwiftletCollocalia uropygialisThe satin swiftlet is around 10 cm (4 in) in length.
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