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The Germain's swiftlet (''Aerodramus germani'') is a species of swift. It is found in China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.〔 ==Description== This swiftlet is 12 cm long and weighs 13 to 14 grams. The plumage is blackish-brown above, but much paler on the underparts. The tail is slightly forked and the wings are long and narrow. The bill and feet are black. The nominate subspecies ''C. g. germani'' from Hainan south to Thailand and northern Malaysia has a whitish rump, but ''C. g. amechanus'' of the rest of Malaysia has a grey rump. These two forms are sometimes considered to be subspecies of the edible-nest swiftlet.〔Chantler, P. and Driessens, G. (2000). ''Swifts: a Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World'' Mountfield, East Sussex. Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-83-6〕 Several calls are uttered including a loud ''zwing'' and various ''chip'' calls used for echolocation in dark caves.〔 Himalayan swiftlet winters within the range of Germain's swiftlet, but is larger and bulkier, and has a greyer rump than ''C. g. germani''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Germain's swiftlet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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