The Mangaia swiftlet (Aerodramus manuoi) is an extinct species of bird in the swift family. It became extinct during prehistoric times. It was endemic to Mangaia in the Cook Islands. It was closely allied with the extant Atiu swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli) of Atiu, Mangaia's neighbouring island, though it was probably slightly larger.[1]
It was described from six fossil bones recovered from a Holocene rock shelter deposit on Mangaia. The coracoid and carpometacarpus of the new species are larger and very different qualitatively from those of the Atiu species. This is the first species of Aerodramus to be described from fossils.[1]
The Mangaiaswiftlet (Aerodramus manuoi) is an extinct species of bird in the swift family. It became extinct during prehistoric times. It was endemic...
Mangaia (traditionally known as A'ua'u Enua, which means terraced) is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga....
Steadman, David W. (2002-07-08). "A new species of swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania". Journal of Vertebrate...
Whitehead's and Guam swiftlets. The Mangaiaswiftlet is a recently extinct species known only from fossils. Aerodramus swiftlets are in many respects...
Apodidae – swifts Extinct species of extant genera Mangaiaswiftlet, Aerodramus manuoi (Mangaia, Cook Islands) – formerly Collocalia Hornbills and relatives...
2020. Steadman, D. W. (2002). A new species of swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania. Journal of Vertebrate...
islands in the Pacific Ocean. The principal islands are Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Manuae, Mauke, Mitiaro, Palmerston, Rarotonga, and Takutea. The ecoregion...
declined and had to rely more on crops from the outer islands Atiu, Mauke and Mangaia. World Wars I and II resulted in a further export reduction and eventual...
Whitehead's swiftlet, Aerodramus whiteheadi whiteheadi (Luzon, Philippines, 20th century?) The nominate subspecies of Whitehead's swiftlet is only known...
99–119. Steadman, D. (2002). "A New Species of Swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the Late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania". Journal of Vertebrate...
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