white-rumped swiftlet

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{{distinguish|White-rumped swift}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = White-rumped swiftlet

| image = Whiterumpedswiftlet.jpg

| image2 = Beitrag zur fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti-, Samoa- und Tonga-inselnPl14, 5, Aerodramus spodiopygius.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Aerodramus spodiopygius |volume=2016 |page=e.T22686528A93116300 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686528A93116300.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| taxon = Aerodramus spodiopygius

| authority = (Peale, 1849)

| synonyms =

Collocalia spodiopygia (Peale, 1848)

Collocalia spodiopygius (Peale, 1848) [orthographic error]

}}

The white-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Birds in Australia are now treated as a separate species, the Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.