Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Bornean swiftlet
open-in-new
<p>The Bornean swiftlet (<i>Collocalia dodgei</i>), also referred to as the Kinabalu 'linchi' swiftlet, is a small <a href="/facts/Bird/RJF6zwLP">bird</a> in the <a href="/facts/Swift_(bird)/VCEvAWuo">swift</a> <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> <a href="/facts/Apodidae/VCEvAWuo">Apodidae</a>. It is <a href="/facts/Endemism/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to the northern mountains of the island of <a href="/facts/Borneo/1aIGfyvV">Borneo</a>. It has variously been considered a subspecies of the <a href="/facts/Glossy_swiftlet/DXsWuIVt">glossy swiftlet</a> or the <a href="/facts/Cave_swiftlet/nxYvqSn4">cave swiftlet</a>, and in 2008 was split from the latter (<i>C. linchi</i>) as a full species <i>C. dodgei</i>. </p>