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White-throated Needletail
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hirundapus caudacutus, Needle-tailed Swift, White-throated spinetailed swift
species of bird
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Within Vinony's link graph, White-throated Needletail is referenced by 119 other articles, and connects out to binomial nomenclature, Australia and Norway.
It is catalogued under topics including Birds described in 1801, Birds of Japan and Birds of Korea.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hirundapus
- Image
- White-throated Needletail 09a.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Hirundapus caudacutus
- taxon name
- Hirundapus caudacutus
- taxon common name
- andorinhão-mongol
- endemic to
- Sela Pass
- litter size
- 3.7
- egg incubation period
- 40
- short name
- H. caudacutus
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
The white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), also known as the needle-tailed swift or spine-tailed swift, is a large swift in the genus Hirundapus. It is reputed to reach speeds of up to 170 km/h (110 mph) in horizontal flight, but this is unverified because the methods used to measure its speed have not been published. 75 km/h (47 mph) is more likely, but this is still at least 100 times the bird's length per second.
They build their nests in rock crevices in cliffs or hollow trees. They do not like to sit on the ground and spend most of their time in the air. They feed on small, flying insects like beetles, flies, bees and moths.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-throated Needletail” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.