Silver-backed needletail
Silver-backed needletail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Genus: | Hirundapus |
Species: | H. cochinchinensis |
Binomial name | |
Hirundapus cochinchinensis (Oustalet, 1878) | |
The silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hirundapus cochinchinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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