Birds of the World

    APODIFORMES: Apodidae (Swifts)  
Genus: Hirundapus (4 species)


White-throated Needletail
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus caudacutus)
Range: PAL: Himalayas from Pakistan to s China and c Siberia to ne Russia and Japan
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info


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Purple Needletail (Hirundapus celebensis)
Range: OR, AU: Philippines (except Palawan group and Sulu Arch.), Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)
 



Silver-backed Needletail
Silver-backed Needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
Range: OR: Himalayas from c Nepal to n Myanmar, Hainan and Taiwan
Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Robert Lockett   © All Rights Reserved.


Brown-backed Needletail
Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)
Range: OR: widespread
Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Robert Lockett   © All Rights Reserved.



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