Friday, June 15, 2012

>Hirundapus cochinchinensis (Silver-backed Needletail)

Silver-backed Needletail


 


Silver-backed Needletail
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
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 Apodidae family. It is found in Cambodia, 
China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal,Singapore, 
Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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