• Old latin name for bird Hirundo esculenta

Glossy Swiftletbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Malaysia
  • 2.
    Call, roost calls, © Greg Irving
    Malaysia
  • 3.
    Call, © Dominik Maximilián Ramík
    Vanuatu
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Malaysia
  • 5.
    Song, © Arnold Meijer
    Malaysia
  • 6.
    Song, © Arnold Meijer
    Malaysia
  • 7.
    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Malaysia
  • 8.
    Call, © Pieter de Groot Boersma
    France
  • 9.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 10.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 11.
    Flight call, © GABRIEL LEITE
    Papua New Guinea
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Glossy Swiftlet

  • Breeding region Australasia, Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion Sulawesi to New Guinea and satellites and Solomon Is.

Glossy Swiftlet subspecies (17)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Collocalia esculenta amethystinaWaigeo (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea)-No
Collocalia esculenta beckiFauro, Choiseul to Malaita and Guadalcanal (n to sc Solomon Is.)-No
Collocalia esculenta desiderataRennell and Bellona (to nw of Rennell; s Solomon Is.)-No
Collocalia esculenta esculentac, s Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi) to c, s Moluccas; ?Aru Is.-No
Collocalia esculenta heinrothiLavongai (=New Hanover), New Ireland and Dyaul (=Djaul, s of w New Ireland; ne Bismarck Arch.)-No
Collocalia esculenta hypogrammicaNissan (nw of Bougainville)-No
Collocalia esculenta lagonoleucosBuka, Bougainville and Shortland Is. (nw Solomon Is.)-No
Collocalia esculenta makirensisMakira group (=San Cristóbal; se Solomon Is.)-No
Collocalia esculenta manadensisn Sulawesi, Sangihe and Talaud is. (n of ne Sulawesi)-No
Collocalia esculenta minutaTanahjampea and Kalao (se of sw Sulawesi)-No
Collocalia esculenta misimaeLouisiade Arch., Trobriand Is. and Woodlark I. (e of se New Guinea)-No
Collocalia esculenta nitensYapen (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea), n New Guinea and Karkar (n of ne New Guinea), and Crown, Long, and Tolokiwa (w of New Britain; sc Bismarck Arch.)-No
Collocalia esculenta numforensisNumfor (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)-No
Collocalia esculenta spilogasterTabar and Lihir (ne of New Ireland, ne Bismarck Arch.)-No
Collocalia esculenta spiluran Moluccas-No
Collocalia esculenta stresemanniAdmiralty Is. (nw Bismarck Arch.), Tench (n of Lavongai =New Hanover), and Nusa (n of New Ireland; ne Bismarck Arch.)-No
Collocalia esculenta tametameleNew Britain and satellites (se Bismarck Arch.)-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Catalansalangana lluenta
Chinese白腹金丝燕
Chinese (Traditional)白腹金絲燕
Croatianblistava čiopica
Czechsalangana bělobřichá
DanishGlanssalangan
DutchWitbuikdwergsalangaan
EsperantoBrilapuseto
Estonianläiksalangaan
Finnishloistosalangaani
FrenchSalangane soyeuse, Salangane soyeuse (esculenta)
GermanGlanzkopfsalangane
Hungarianfényes szalangána
IcelandicGljásvölungur
IndonesianWalet sapi
ItalianSalangana lucente
Japaneseシロハラアナツバメ
Lithuanianbaltapilvė salangana
MalayLayang-Layang Perut Putih
Norwegianglanssalangan
Norwegian NynorskGlanssalangan
Polishsalangana zmienna
Portuguesesalangana-brilhante, andorinhão-lustroso
RussianБлестящая салангана, Белобрюхая салангана
SerbianSjajna čiopica
Slovaksalangána bielobruchá
SpanishSalangana lustrosa
Swedishglanssalangan
Thaiนกแอ่นท้องขาว
TurkishParlak Yelyutan
Ukrainianсалангана білочерева