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Brown-backed Needletail
Sign in to saveAlso known as Brown Needletail, Hirundapus giganteus, Brown spinetailed swift
species of bird
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Brown-backed Needletail is referenced by 38 other articles, and connects out to India, Indonesia and Philippines.
Vinony files it under Birds described in 1825, Birds of Southeast Asia and Birds of South India.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hirundapus
- Mass
- 145
- Image
- Needletail Andamans.JPG
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Hirundapus giganteus
- Commons category
- Hirundapus giganteus
- litter size
- 3.9
- taxon common name
- andorinhão-gigante
- short name
- H. giganteus
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus), or brown needletail, is a large swift.
These birds have very short legs which they use only mainly for clinging to vertical surfaces. They never settle voluntarily on the ground and spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown-backed Needletail” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.