Mayr's Swiftlet Aerodramus orientalis Scientific name definitions

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Not globally threatened. Currently considered Data Deficient. Restricted-range species: present in New Britain and New Ireland EBA and Solomon Group EBA. Known with certainty from only 2 specimens, collected in 1927 on Guadalcanal and in 1962 on New Ireland. A Bougainville specimen of Jun 1979 (1 Ripley, S.D. (1983). A record of Whitehead’s Swiftlet Collocalia whiteheadi from Bougainville Island. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 103(3): 82-84. Close ) requires further investigation. Sightings of unidentified large swiftlets on New Britain in 1980 (2 Bishop, K.D. (1983). Notes on some non-passerine birds of West New Britain. Emu. 83: 235-241. Close ), on New Georgia in Jul 1987 (3 Blaber, S. J. M. (1990). A checklist and notes on the current status of the birds of New Georgia, Western Province, Solomon Islands. Emu 90(4):205–214. Close ) and on New Ireland in Aug 1997, Aug 1999 and Jun 2007 (4 Dutson, G. (2007). A probable Mayr's Swiftlet Collocalia orientalis leletensis on New Ireland and a review of previous records. Muruk. 8(3): 132-133. Close ) may refer to this species. Observations in Papua New Guinea believed to have been A. orientalis, from Manus in 1989 (5 Hicks, R. K. (1992). Whitehead’s Swiftlet Collocalia whiteheadi on Manus? Muruk 5(2):64–65. Close ) and Mussau in 1999, clearly refer to Uniform Swiftlet (A. vanikorensis coultasi) which is common on both islands (4 Dutson, G. (2007). A probable Mayr's Swiftlet Collocalia orientalis leletensis on New Ireland and a review of previous records. Muruk. 8(3): 132-133. Close ). The paucity of records, frustrated by identification difficulties, do not allow an accurate determination of conservation status.