EditorialCollocalia nidifica, Print, 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 erstwhile members are now normally (though not by all authors) placed in Aerod...
EditorialCollocalia esculenta, Print, The glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and eastwards to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands., 1753-...
EditorialGrey-Rumped Swiftlet, Mascarene Swiftlet ‘Collocalia francica’ The bird is perched on a gundani tree, ‘Cordia rothii’. Wellesley Albums. 1798 - 1805. Watercolour. Source: NHD 29/68.
EditorialGrey-Rumped Swiftlet, Mascarene Swiftlet ‘Collocalia francica’ The bird is perched on a gundani tree, ‘Cordia rothii’. Wellesley Albums. 1798 - 1805. Watercolour. Source: NHD 29/68.
EditorialGlossy swiftlet, Collocalia esculenta, pair on nest (Esculent swallow, Hirundo esculenta). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by Samuel Howitt from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1828.