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 Rothschild’s 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 Germain’s Swiftlet

Aerodramus papuensis Papuan Swiftlet

Schoutedenapus myoptilus Scarce Swift

Schoutedenapus schoutedeni Schouteden’s Swift

Mearnsia picina Philippine Needletail

Mearnsia novaeguineae Papuan Needletail

Zoonavena grandidieri Malagasy Spinetail

Zoonavena thomensis Sáo Tomé Spinetail

Zoonavena sylvatica White-rumped Spinetail

Telacanthura ussheri Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura melanopygia Black Spinetail

Rhaphidura leucopygialis Silver-rumped Spinetail

Rhaphidura sabini Sabine’s Spinetail

Neafrapus cassini Cassin’s 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 Vaux’s Swift

Chaetura chapmani Chapman’s Swift

Chaetura viridipennis Amazonian Swift

Chaetura meridionalis Sick’s 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 Alexander’s 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-Watson’s Swift

Apus bradfieldi Bradfield’s Swift

Apus balstoni Madagascar Swift

Apus pacificus Pacific Swift

Apus leuconyx Blyth’s Swift

Apus salimalii Salim Ali’s Swift

Apus cooki Cook’s 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 Bate’s Swift

HEMIPROCNIDAE

Hemiprocne coronata Crested Treeswift

Hemiprocne longipennis Grey-rumped Treeswift

Hemiprocne mystacea Moustached Treeswift

Hemiprocne comata Whiskered Treeswift

Mike Tarburton’s 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 Niña weather in North Queensland. Sunbird 41(1), 6-10. Download 2.2 MB

2012a Swift Manoeuvres: how nesting Australian Swiftlets beat La Niná 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