🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the White-rumped Swiftlet live?

Aerodramus spodiopygius has 8,641 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1899 to 2026. Most records come from Fiji.

AnimaliaChordataAvesApodiformesApodidaeAerodramus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Fiji 4,307
Samoa 1,054
New Caledonia 818
Vanuatu 748
Papua New Guinea 667
American Samoa 419
Tonga 325
Solomon Islands 194
Niue 66
Wallis & Futuna 39
Australia 1
Malaysia 1
Philippines 1
Thailand 1

Related animals

Others in the family Apodidae.

Common Swift
Common Swift
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Little Swift
Little Swift
535,342 records
Asian Palm-Swift
Asian Palm-Swift
434,905 records
Vaux's Swift
Vaux's Swift
426,681 records
White-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
332,364 records
African Palm-Swift
African Palm-Swift
287,770 records
Alpine Swift
Alpine Swift
271,014 records
House Swift
House Swift
264,910 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.