Species of Thailand
Silver-backed needletail
Hirundapus cochinchinensis
Emile Oustalet, 1878
In Thai: นกแอ่นใหญ่หัวตาดำ
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.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Uncertain status
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal statuses:
- Mainly spring and autumn passage migrant
- Possibly non-breeding visitor
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Hirundapus
- Species
- Hirundapus cochinchinensis
Common names
- Thai: นกแอ่นใหญ่หัวตาดำ
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Doi Phu Kha National Park
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Dinsor (Chumphon Raptor Center)
- Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Yai National Park
- Pang Sida National Park
- Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary
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