Silver-backed needletail
| Silver-backed needletail | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Clade: | Strisores | 
| 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 family Apodidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hirundapus cochinchinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686684A93121901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686684A93121901.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
