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title: "Plume-toed Swiftlet"
description: "Collocalia affinis — Aves. The plume-toed swiftlet (Collocalia affinis) is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/plume-toed-swiftlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plume-toed Swiftlet

> Collocalia affinis — Aves. The plume-toed swiftlet  (Collocalia affinis) is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae.

- Scientific name: *Collocalia affinis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 860
- Wikidata: [Q39049316](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39049316)
- iNaturalist taxon: [558472](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558472)

## Names

- en: Plume-toed Swiftlet
- de: Flaumfußsalangane
- es: Salangana Dedos de Pluma
- fr: Salangane de Beavan

## Countries with the most observations

MY (467), SG (46), TH (15), IN (12), ID (9), BN (3)

## Summary

The plume-toed swiftlet  (Collocalia affinis) is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is found on some eastern Indian Ocean islands, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and lowland Borneo.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was previously considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plume-toed_swiftlet

## Photo

![Plume-toed Swiftlet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plume-toed-swiftlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226873792

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plume-toed-swiftlet?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).