A  SUMMARY  OF  OUR  KNOWLEDGE  OF  INDIVIDUAL  SWIFT SPECIES

 

APODIDAE

CYPSELOIDINAE

                        Cypseloides cherriei                            Spot-fronted Swift

                        Cypseloides cryptus                            White-chinned Swift

                        Cypseloides storei                               White-fronted Swift

                        Cypseloides fumigatus                        Sooty Swift

                        Cypseloides rothschildi                       RothschildÕs Swift

                        Cypseloides niger                                American Black Swift

                        Cypseloides lemosi                              White-chested Swift

                        Cypseloides senex                               Great Dusky Swift

 

                        Streptoprocne rutila                            Chestnut-collared Swift

                        Streptoprocne phelpsi                         Tepui Swift

                        Streptoprocne zonaris                         White-collared Swift

                        Streptoprocne biscutata                      Biscutate Swift

                        Streptoprocne semicollaris                 White-naped Swift

 

            APODINAE

                        Hydrochous gigas                               Waterfall Swift

                       

                        Collocalia esculenta                            Glossy Swiftlet

                        Collocalia linchi                                  Cave Swiftlet

                        Collocalia troglodytes                         Pygmy Swiftlet

 

                        Aerodramus elaphrus                         Seychelles Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus francicus                        Mascarene Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus unicolor                          Indian Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus mearnsi                          Philippine Grey Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus infuscatus                       Molluccan Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus sororum                         Sulawesi Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus ceramensis                     Seram Swiftlet   

                        Aerodramus vulcanorum                    Volcano Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus hirundinaceus                Mountain Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus spodiopygius                  White-rumped Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus terraereginae                 Australian Swiftlet                 

                        Aerodramus pelewensis                      Palau Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus bartschi                          Guam Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus inquietus                         Micronesian Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus leucophaeus                   Tahiti Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus sawtelli                           Atiu Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus ocistus                            Marquesan Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus maximus                         Black-nest Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus fuciphagus                      Edible-nest Swiftlet

                        Aerodramus germani                          GermainÕs Swiftlet 

                        Aerodramus papuensis                       Papuan Swiftlet

 

                        Schoutedenapus myoptilus                  Scarce Swift

                        Schoutedenapus schoutedeni               SchoutedenÕs Swift

 

                        Mearnsia picina                                  Philippine Needletail

                        Mearnsia novaeguineae                      Papuan Needletail

 

                        Zoonavena grandidieri                       Malagasy Spinetail

                        Zoonavena thomensis                         S‡o Tomˇ Spinetail

                        Zoonavena sylvatica                            White-rumped Spinetail

 

                        Telacanthura ussheri                          Mottled Spinetail

                        Telacanthura melanopygia                 Black Spinetail

 

                        Rhaphidura leucopygialis                   Silver-rumped Spinetail

                        Rhaphidura sabini                              SabineÕs Spinetail

 

                        Neafrapus cassini                               CassinÕs Spinetail

                        Neafrapus boehmi                               Bat-like Spinetail

 

                        Hirundapus caudacutus                      White-throated Needletail

                        Hirundapus cochinchinensis               Silver-backed Needletail

                        Hirundapus giganteus                        Brown-backed Needletail

                        Hirundapus celebensis                        Purple Needletail

 

                        Chaetura spinicaudus                         Band-rumped Swift

                        Chaetura fumosa                                Costa Rican Swift

                        Chaetura martinica                             Lesser Antillean Swift

                        Chaetura cinereiventris                       Grey-rumped Swift

                        Chaetura egregia                                Pale-rumped Swift

                        Chaetura pelagica                               Chimney Swift

                        Chaetura vauxi                                    VauxÕs Swift

                        Chaetura chapmani                            ChapmanÕs Swift

                        Chaetura viridipennis                         Amazonian Swift

                        Chaetura meridionalis                        SickÕs Swift

                        Chaetura brachyura                           Short-tailed Swift

                       

                        Aeronautes saxatalis                           White-throated Swift

                        Aeronautes montivagus                       White-tipped Swift

                        Aeronautes andecolus                        Andean Swift

                       

                        Tachornis phoenicobia                       Antillean Palm-swift

                        Tachornis furcata                               Pygmy Swift

                        Tachornis squamata                           Fork-tailed Palm-swift

 

                        Panyptila sanctiheronymi                    Great Swallow-tailed Swift

                        Panyptila cayennensis                         Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

                        Cypsiurus parvus                                African Palm-swift

                        Cypsiurus balasiensis                         Asian Palm-swift

 

                        Tachymarptis melba                           Alpine Swift

                        Tachymarptis aequatorialis                Mottled Swift

 

                        Apus alexandri                                    AlexanderÕs Swift

                        Apus apus                                           Common Swift

                        Apus unicolor                                      Plain Swift

                        Apus niansae                                       Nyanza Swift

                        Apus pallidus                                      Pallid Swift

                        Apus barbatus                                     African Black Swift

                        Apus sladeniae                                    Fernando Po Swift

                        Apus berliozi                                       Forbes-WatsonÕs Swift

                        Apus bradfieldi                                    BradfieldÕs Swift

                        Apus balstoni                                      Madagascar Swift

                        Apus pacificus                                     Pacific Swift

                        Apus leuconyx                                     BlythÕs Swift

                        Apus salimalii                                     Salim AliÕs Swift

                        Apus cooki                                           CookÕs Swift

                        Apus acuticauda                                  Dark-rumped Swift

                        Apus affinis                                         Little Swift

                        Apus nipalensis                                   House Swift

                        Apus horus                                          Horus Swift

                        Apus toulsoni                                      Loanda Swift

                        Apus caffer                                          White-rumped Swift

                        Apus batesi                                          BateÕs Swift

 

 

HEMIPROCNIDAE

 

                        Hemiprocne coronata                         Crested Treeswift

                        Hemiprocne longipennis                     Grey-rumped Treeswift

                        Hemiprocne mystacea                         Moustached Treeswift

                        Hemiprocne comata                            Whiskered Treeswift

 

 

Mike TarburtonÕs PUBLICATIONS ON SWIFTS & OTHER BIRDS

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1967     Red-tailed Tropic-birds nesting near Cape Naturaliste. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 122-123.

1968     Nesting of the Red-tailed Tropic-bird at Sugarloaf Rock, near Cape Naturaliste.  Western Australian Naturalist 11: 44-45.

1969     Some observations on the irregularity of occurrences of certain bird species of the Hunter Valley. Hunter Natural History 1: 36-37.

1971     Further observations on the Red-tailed Tropic-bird at Sugarloaf Rock, Cape Naturaliste. Western Australian Naturalist 12: 24.

1972     Death on the roads.  Wildlife in Australia 9: 8-10.

1974     The birds of the now non-existent causeway salt marshes, Perth, W.A.  Western Australian Naturalist 13: 1-7.

1977     Nesting of the Red-tailed Tropicbird at Sugarloaf Rock, W.A.  Emu 77: 122-126.

1978a    Albino Oystercatcher on Otago Peninsula.  Notornis 25: 108.

  ----b    Some recent observations on seabirds breeding in Fiji.  Notornis 25: 303-316.

1980a    Nesting habits and population status of the Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) on Norfolk Island.  Australasian Seabird Group Newsletter12: 22-26.

  ----b    Mollymawk eats diving petrel.  Notornis 27: 330.

1981a    Notes and measurements of Hutton's and Fluttering Shearwaters found drowned at Kaikoura Peninsula.  Notornis 28: 9-10.

  ----b    Seabirds nesting at Norfolk Island.  Notornis 28: 209-219.

1982     Integrity of diagnostic characters for Huttons Shearwater.  Notornis 28: 134.

1984a    Chick feeding and attendance in the White Tern.  Notornis 31: 86-89.

  ----b    Incubation behaviour of the Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) on Norfolk Island. Notornis 31: 92-94.

1986a    The food of the White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) in Fiji.  Notornis 33: 1-16.  Download 1.3 MB

  ----b    A comparison of the flight behaviour of the White-rumped Swiftlet and the Welcome Swallow. Bird Behaviour 6: 72-84.  Download  10.7 MB

  ----c    Breeding of the White-rumped Swiftlet in Fiji. Emu 86: 214-227.   Download  2.2 MB

1987a    An experimental manipulation of clutch and brood size of White-rumped Swiftlets in Fiji. Ibis 129: 107-114.   Download  700 KB

  ----b    Migration and breeding strategies of the Black Noddy, Fiji. Emu 87: 50-52.

  ----c    The population status, longevity and mortality of the White-rumped Swiftlet in Fiji. Corella 11: 97-110.   Download   13.8 MB

  ----d  & E.O. Minot.  A novel strategy of reproduction in birds. Animal Behaviour: 35: 1898-1899.  Download   312 KB

1988a    Calls of the White-rumped Swiftlet.  Notornis: 35: 77-83.   Download  1.4 MB

  ----b    Breeding Biology of the White-rumped Swiftlet at Chillagoe. Emu 88: 202-209. Download  1.4 MB

  ----c    What swiftlets do in the caves at Chillagoe and some ideas on how cavers can share those caves without interference. Preprints of papers for the 17th biennial conference of the Australian Speleological Federation 98-107. Download  2 MB

1989a    Subspeciation in the Red-tailed Tropicbird. Notornis 36: 39-49.

  ----b    Feeding behaviour of the Black-fronted Dotterel. Notornis 36: 249-259.

  ----c    Bird numbers on Atiu, Cook Islands. OSNZ News 53: 11-12.

1990a    An unusual nesting habit for swiftlets. Muruk 4: 66-69. Download  276 KB

  ----b    Predator avoidance strategies in cave nesting birds.  XX IOC: Poster Paper.

  ----c    Breeding biology of the Atiu Swiftlet in the Cook Islands. Emu 90: 175-179. Download  712 KB

1991a    Opportunistic Nocturnal feeding by Silver Gulls. Australian Bird Watcher 14: 31.

  ----b    Swiftlet ups and downs. Annual Report, Chillagoe Caving Club Inc. 1991: 22 Download  136 KB

  ----c    Predation of Willie Wagtail and fledglings by Pied Butcherbird. Australian Bird Watcher 14: 68-69.

  ----d    Breeding biology of Fairy Martins at Murwillumbah. Emu 91: 93-99.

  ----e    The feeding technique of the Australian Hobby. Australian Bird Watcher 14: 148-149.

1992a    A 1992 perspective on the swiftlets of Chillagoe Caves. Annual Report, Chillagoe Caving Club Inc. 1992: 26-27. Download  420 KB

  ----b    Weights of some birds from Fiji. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club  112: 34-36.

1993a    A Comparison of the Breeding Biology and Breeding Behaviour of the Welcome Swallow in Australia and recently colonized New Zealand. Emu 93: 34-43.

  ----b    Radiotracking a White-throated Needletail to roost. Emu 93(2): 121-124. Download  708 KB

  ----c    The most southerly sighting of a Red-tailed Tropic bird. Notornis 40(1): 64.

  ----d    Is courtship a necessary prelude to mating? Australian Bird Watcher 15(2): 96-97.

  ----e    The diet of the White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) in Queensland's savannah. Avocetta 17: 125-129. Download  476 KB

  ----f     Determinants of clutch size in the tropics; with reference to the White-rumped Swiftlet. Avocetta 17: 163-175. Download  1.4 MB

xxx       Tropicbirds. in Australian Fauna Vol. C. Bureau of Flora and Fauna, Canberra. in press.

xxx       Swifts in Australian Fauna Vol. C. Bureau of Flora and Fauna, Canberra. in press.    

1998        Some Positive and Negative Effects of Cyclones on the Birds of Samoa.  IOC Poster Paper, Durban.

1999        Does the Red-tailed Tropicbird nest on the Neptune Islands? South Aust. Ornithol. 33: 57.  

2000a    Swifts (contributed entries for six species) in  Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds Vol. 4. HANZAB   [Contributed 2 entries for Tropic Birds in Vol 1.]

2000b   Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) kills and eats Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus). Muruk 8(2): 90.

2000c  & Hamilton, S.G., Ericho, J.  Notes on the third specimen Record of the Three-toed Swiftlet Aerodramus papuensis in Papua New Guinea.  Corella 25, 12-14. Download  732 KB

2000d    Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos on New Britain. Muruk 8(2), 90.

2001b   & E. Kaiser.  Do fledgling and pre-breeding Common Swifts Apus apus take part in aerial roosting?  An answer from a radio tracking experiment.  Ibis: 143, 255-263. Download  1.5 MB

2001c  Observations on the Status of the Land, Wading, and Seabirds of Samoa.  Emu. 101: 349-360.

2003    The breeding biology of the Mountain Swiftlet, Aerodramus hirundinaceus, in Irian Jaya.  Emu 103, 177-183. Download  1 MB

2009a  The breeding biology of the White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius spodiopygius in Samoa. Corella 33(1), 1-6. Download  116 KB

2009b  Why are White-throated Needletails and Fork-tailed Swifts often last observed in Southern Australia when migrating northwards?  Aust. Field Ornithol.  26, 19-24. Download  288 KB

2009c  New insights into Spangled Drongo migration across Torres Strait.  Aust. Field Ornithol. 26, 25-27.

2009d  New birds and other interesting sightings from Melanesia.  Muruk 9(2), 56-91. Download 19 Meg

2009e  Swiftlet behaviour responses to predators in proximity to their nests.  Corella 33(4), 99-102. Download  116 KB

2010    PAU Bird Book.85pp. Pacific Adventist University, PMB, Boroko, PNG.

2011a   White-rumped Swiftlet Breeding Colony Size and Colony Locations in Samoa.  Helictite 40(2), 35-49. Download  3.8 MB

2011b  Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae) breeding limited by La Ni–a weather in North Queensland. Sunbird 41(1), 6-10.     Download  2.2 MB

2012a    Swift Manoeuvres: how nesting Australian Swiftlets beat La Nin‡ floodings.  Australian Birdlife 1(3), 26-29. Download  50.1 MB

2012b  Red-backed Button-Quail are still on Guadalcanal.  Melanesian Geo (Jun 2012) 8, 43.

2013    & Tarburton, S.  Colony Stability of Cave-nesting Australian Swiftlets in Queensland: What are the impacts of severe weather events?  Aust. Field Ornithol 30, 00-00. Download  4.2 MB

2014    Status of the White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus in Australia: Evidence for a marked decline.  Australian Field Ornithology 31, 122-140.  Download 480 KB

2015a   Swifts over the Hunter Region.  The Whistler 9, 23-27.  Download  560 KB

2015b   Now You See Them . .Finding the White-throated Needletail.  Australian Birdlife Dec 2015, 30-33. Download  228 KB