Apodiformes / Apodidae / Hirundapus
Silver-backed Needletail
Hirundapus cochinchinensis · 灰喉针尾雨燕
Distribution & Habitat
This species inhabits Southeast Asia, including the islands of Sumatra and Java, as well as Taiwan. It has been recorded as a vagrant to Christmas Island. Its natural habitat consists of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Hirundapus
Distribution
very local breeder, Uttarakhand (western Himalayas) through northeastern India, also southern and eastern China including Hainan, and Taiwan; winters southward through Malayan Peninsula and Java; generally scarce and little-known
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
