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The plume-toed swiftlet is 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) in length with a square tail. The back and upper surface of the wings are uniformly dark greenish-blue with a moderate gloss. The throat and upper breast are dark grey merging into large greyish chevrons over the lower breast and flanks, usually becoming white over the belly. There is a tuft of small feathers on the hallux, the rear facing toe. This species lacks a pale contrasting rump and has no white spots on the inner webs of the tail feathers.
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When to see the Plume-toed 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 Plume-toed Swiftlet
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Myanmar (Burma).
About the Plume-toed Swiftlet
The plume-toed swiftlet is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is found on some eastern Indian Ocean islands, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and lowland Borneo.
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Easily confused with
Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculentaThis bird is shiny black-blue above, including its rump; sometimes looks black and hooded.
Linchi SwiftletCollocalia linchiThis bird is shiny blackish-brown above with a greenish gloss, including its rump; sometimes looks black and hooded.
Grey-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginataThe grey-rumped swiftlet is 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) in length with a square tail.
Side by side: Glossy Swiftlet vs Plume-toed Swiftlet · Linchi Swiftlet vs Plume-toed Swiftlet · Grey-rumped Swiftlet vs Plume-toed Swiftlet
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