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Plume-toed Swiftlet

Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts

Photo: Thomas Brown · CC BY 2.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Collocalia affinis

Basic stats

Diet

Invertebrates

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest

Range

Some eastern Indian Ocean islands, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and lowland Borneo

Size

9–10cm

The plume-toed swiftlet is a small swift, 9–10 cm long, with a square tail. The back and upper wing surface are uniformly dark greenish blue with a moderate gloss, the throat and upper breast dark grey merging into large greyish chevrons over the lower breast and flanks, usually becoming white over the belly. There is a tuft of small feathers on the rear toe, and it lacks a pale contrasting rump or white spots on the tail feathers (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was previously considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, on some eastern Indian Ocean islands, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and lowland Borneo. The cached account gives no diet or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What does the Plume-toed Swiftlet eat?
Invertebrates
What habitat does the Plume-toed Swiftlet live in?
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Where is the Plume-toed Swiftlet found?
Some eastern Indian Ocean islands, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and lowland Borneo
How big is the Plume-toed Swiftlet?
9–10cm
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