Hirundapus
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Hirundapus is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. The name Hirundapus is constructed from the names of the swallow genus Hirundo and the swift genus Apus.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyApodidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded114,820
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- Family
- Apodidae
- Collections
- WFVZ, ROM, UMZC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Australia, Japan
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Hirundapus is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. The name Hirundapus is constructed from the names of the swallow genus Hirundo and the swift genus Apus.
It contains the following species: White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Purple needletail (Hirundapus celebensis) Silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) Brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hirundapus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.