Species of Thailand
Dark-rumped swift
Apus acuticauda
Thomas Caverhill Jerdon, 1864
In Thai: นกแอ่นท้องลาย
The dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.
It is found in Bhutan and Northeast India and is a vagrant to Thailand.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Very rare winter visitor
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Non-breeding visitor
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Apus
- Species
- Apus acuticauda
Common names
- Thai: นกแอ่นท้องลาย
Photos
Range Map
- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park