Purple Needletail
Hirundapus celebensis(Sclater, PL, 1866)
English (US) Purple Needletail
The Purple Needletail (Hirundapus celebensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: northern Sulawesi and Philippines (except Palawan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hirundapus celebensis
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple Needletail
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1866)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chaetura gigantea var. celebensis
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1866)
- Type locality
- Menado, Celebes.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865, pt.3 p.608
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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