Collocalia Gray 1840 (swift)

Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae

Parent taxon: Apodidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Lambrecht 1933, Meijer et al. 2013, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Worthy et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Aerodramus, Apodinae, Chaetura, Cypselinae, Cypseloides, Cypseloidinae, Procypseloides, Streptoprocne

Subtaxa: Collocalia buday Collocalia esculenta Collocalia incerta Collocalia troglodytes

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Indonesia (5 collections), New Caledonia (4), Papua New Guinea (3), the Philippines (4)

• Miocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences

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