A small brown swiftlet of the Seychelles that catches insects in flight and nests in colonies in caves.
It is small and all-brown, with long pointed wings.
It catches small insects in flight and nests in cave colonies, building cup nests of plant material and saliva; it also uses echolocation.
At Mont Cabris on Praslin in May 2001, most examined nests were made mainly of palm fronds, with a smaller amount of epiphytic plants.
Old nests collected at La Gogue on Mahé in 1997 were mainly lichen, with epiphytic plants also present.
It usually lays one egg in a small cup nest attached to a cave wall or ceiling.
In the morning or late afternoon, and in cloudy weather, feeding groups fly closer to the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.