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.
Silver-backed needletail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Genus: | Hirundapus |
Species: | H. cochinchinensis
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Binomial name | |
Hirundapus cochinchinensis (Oustalet, 1878)
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References
edit- ^ 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.