Brown-backed Needletail
Hirundapus giganteus(Temminck, CJ, 1825)
English (US) Brown-backed Needletail
The Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Hirundapus giganteus
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-backed Needletail
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Hirundapus giganteus indicus
- Hirundapus giganteus giganteus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cypselus giganteus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1825)
- Type locality
- Bantam, Java.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.61, vol.4 pl.364
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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