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Needle-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus [Latham, 1802]
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Order:
Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
BTO Codes:
NI, NETSW
EURING No:
7920
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Not Assessed
European:
3 Concern, most not in Europe; Endangered
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
caudacutus recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
20 cm
Wingspan:
52 cm
Weight:
-
Scientific name from:
from the genera Hirundo and Apus
and L.: cauda =tail + acutus =sharp-pointed
World Distribution:
BREEDS: e&s Asia, WINTERS: se Asia, Australia
Habitat:
Forest & open country
Diet:
Flying insects caught in flight
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Essex, 1846
Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
5
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Orkney
(1988),
Shetland
(1991),
North-east England:
North-west England:
English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(1991),
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Wales:
BirdGuides and BBRC
Other Names
White-throated Needletail
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Tornhalesejler
Dutch:
Stekelsstaartgierzwaluw
Finnish:
Piikkikirskuja
French:
Martinet épineux
German:
Stachelschwanzegler
Hungarian:
Sertefarkú sarlósfecske
Icelandic:
Skeifusvölungur
Irish:
Gabhlán Earrspíonach
Italian:
Rondone spinoso
Norwegian:
Pigghaleseiler
Polish:
Iglosternik bialogardly
Portuguese:
Andorinhăo-mongol
Spanish:
Rabitojo mogol
Swedish:
Taggstjärtseglare
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