Marquesan swiftlet
| Marquesan swiftlet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Aerodramus |
| Species: | A. ocistus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aerodramus ocistus (Oberholser, 1906)
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| Synonyms | |
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Collocalia ocista | |
The Marquesan swiftlet (Aerodramus ocistus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
While this species is considered a full species in the IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), the IUCN/BirdLife International treat it as a subspecies (Aerodramus leucophaeus ocistus) of Polynesian swiftlet.