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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <h3>Extant</h3> <p>The genus now contains the following 11 species:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Plume-toed_swiftlet/cSte5uu7">Plume-toed swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia affinis</i> (formerly treated as a <a href="/facts/Subspecies/4L9jFacF">subspecies</a> of the glossy swiftlet)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grey-rumped_swiftlet/E5tJoMUH">Grey-rumped swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia marginata</i> (formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ridgetop_swiftlet/mk6XGmMg">Ridgetop swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia isonota</i> (formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tenggara_swiftlet/SFQohbz5">Tenggara swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia sumbawae</i> (formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Drab_swiftlet/qlLsy3EU">Drab swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia neglecta</i> (formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Glossy_swiftlet/DXsWuIVt">Glossy swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia esculenta</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Satin_swiftlet/jtc8qElA">Satin swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia uropygialis</i> (formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bornean_swiftlet/c0hNTwe3">Bornean swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia dodgei</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cave_swiftlet/nxYvqSn4">Cave swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia linchi</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Christmas_Island_swiftlet/nzs4SwHj">Christmas Island swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia natalis</i> (formerly treated as a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pygmy_swiftlet/ef39mb5y">Pygmy swiftlet</a>, <i>Collocalia troglodytes</i></li></ul> <h3>Fossil species</h3> <p>An <a href="/facts/Early_Miocene/Sm5gVSKd">Early Miocene</a> <a href="/facts/Fossil/by7NzIA1">fossil</a> swiftlet from the <a href="/facts/Australian_Fossil_Mammal_Sites_(Riversleigh)/sCGwkV0f">Riversleigh</a> deposits of <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a> was described as <i><a href="/facts/Collocalia_buday/0MYTDMIp">Collocalia buday</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> This as well as a right <a href="/facts/Ulna/6J7D2mhe">ulna</a> (<a href="/facts/Museum_of_New_Zealand/AW44Qg5z">MNZ</a> S42799) found at the <a href="/facts/Bannockburn_Formation/EyLnkUuz">Bannockburn Formation</a> of the <a href="/facts/Manuherikia_Group/EyLnkUuz">Manuherikia Group</a> near the <a href="/facts/Manuherikia_River/R02eArde">Manuherikia River</a> in <a href="/facts/Otago/9kReoHt6">Otago</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>. Dating from the Early to Middle <a href="/facts/Miocene/cBRRzq4g">Miocene</a> (<a href="/facts/Altonian/ycr8K7ez">Altonian</a>, 19–16 <a href="/facts/Million_years_ago/DXcnXuAw">million years ago</a>),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> probably belongs to <i><a href="/facts/Aerodramus/8qfQoQwc">Aerodramus</a></i>. </p> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Trevor_H._Worthy/fbB8kL2G">Worthy, Trevor H.</a>; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Jones, C.; McNamara, J.A. & Douglas, B.J. (2007): Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand. <i><a href="/facts/Journal_of_Systematic_Palaeontology/cXSkSpCk">J. Syst. Palaeontol.</a></i> 5(1): 1-39. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1477201906001957">10.1017/S1477201906001957</a> (HTML abstract)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 220. <a href="/wiki/James_L._Peters" target="_blank">/wiki/James_L._Peters</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 8. <a href="/wiki/George_Robert_Gray" target="_blank">/wiki/George_Robert_Gray</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. <a href="978-1-4081-2501-4" target="_blank">978-1-4081-2501-4</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Rheindt, Frank E.; Christidis, Les; Norman, Janette A.; Eaton, James A.; Sadanandan, Keren R.; Schodde, Richard (2017). "Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the Collocalia esculenta complex". Zootaxa. 4250 (5): 401–433. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4250.5.1. PMID 28609999. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 August 2017. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gill_(ornithologist)" target="_blank">/wiki/Frank_Gill_(ornithologist)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 August 2017. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gill_(ornithologist)" target="_blank">/wiki/Frank_Gill_(ornithologist)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Boles, W.E. (2001). "A swiftlet (Apodidae: Collocaliini) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 25: 45–52. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Worthy et al. (2007) <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>