Collocalia
| Collocalia | |
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| Glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Tribe: | Collocaliini |
| Genus: | Collocalia G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Hirundo esculenta Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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Collocalia is a genus of swifts, containing some of the smaller species termed "swiftlets". Formerly a catch-all genus for these, a number of its former members are now normally (though not by all authors) placed in Aerodramus.