Mascarene Swiftlet

When to see the Mascarene Swiftlet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mascarene Swiftlet

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Mascarene Swiftlet

The Mascarene swiftlet or Mauritius swiftlet is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Mauritius and Réunion, and the populations on the two islands have recently been confirmed to differ subspecifically. The nominate race francicus is found on Mauritius, and the recently described race saffordi occurs on Réunion.

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Easily confused with

Ameline SwiftletAerodramus amelisThe Ameline swiftlet, also known as the grey swiftlet is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. Palau SwiftletAerodramus pelewensisThe Palau swiftlet is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Moluccan SwiftletAerodramus infuscatusThe Moluccan swiftlet is a small forked tailed swiftlet that is 10 cm (3.9 in) in overall length.