Caroline swiftlet

{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = Caroline Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus) (cropped).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|author=BirdLife International|year=2016|title=''Aerodramus inquietus''|article-number=e.T22686576A93117887|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686576A93117887.en|access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref> | taxon = Aerodramus inquietus | authority = (Kittlitz, 1858) | synonyms = ''Collocalia inquietus''<br /> ''Collocalia inquieta''<br /> ''Collocalia vanikorensis inquietus''<br /> ''Aerodramus vanikorensis inquietus'' }}

The '''Caroline swiftlet''' ('''''Aerodramus inquietus'''''), also known as the '''island swiftlet''', '''Micronesian swiftlet''', or '''Caroline Islands swiftlet''', is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steadman |first=David W. |date=2002-07-08 |title=A new species of swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282002%29022%5B0326%3AANSOSA%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=326–331 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0326:ANSOSA]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Caroline Islands, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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== External links == * [http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22686576 Caroline swiftlet ''Aerodramus inquietus'' (BirdLife International)] * [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22686576/93117887 Caroline swiftlet ''Aerodramus inquietus'' (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)] * Chim Yến đảo . [https://www.locbut.com Chim Yến Việt Nam]

island swiftlet Category:Fauna of the Caroline Islands Category:Birds of Micronesia Caroline swiftlet Caroline swiftlet Category:Endemic birds of the Federated States of Micronesia