Silver-backed needletail

Silver-backed needletail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
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 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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hirundapus cochinchinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686684A93121901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686684A93121901.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.