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Plume-toed swiftlet
Collocalia affinis · Family Apodidae
Collocalia affinis
Family Apodidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 51,796
- Countries and territories with records
- 8
About this species
This species has 51,796 occurrence records from 8 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Malaysia (52.8%), India (33.5%), Singapore (7.7%), Indonesia (4.2%) and Thailand (1.3%); together they account for 99.6% of the total. In Malaysia, this species accounts for 0.92% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Collocalia affinis combines the genus name Collocalia with the species epithet affinis. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Collocalia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Collocalia esculenta, Collocalia linchi and Collocalia troglodytes.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Apodidae. This species ranks 22nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Chaetura pelagica. Its record count is 41.9% of the family average (123,580). The family Apodidae belongs to the order Apodiformes, which has 452 species in the Warbla app catalog.