Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata)

Other Names (World)
Whiskered Treeswift, Lesser Treeswift

Family
Hemiprocnidae (Treeswifts)

Size
15 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, mangroves. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (B), Thailand.

Vagrant to Singapore (E).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) [XC359777]
by Peter Boesman from Deremakot forest reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)

Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) [XC21015]
by Martjan Lammertink from Neneng, Lingga, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Additional subspecies proposed for some of islands off western Sumatra (stresemanni) and for some of Philippines (nakamurai), but both now considered invalid.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

comata (Temminck, 1824) - Southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand south to Sumatra (including western Sumatran islands) and Borneo and intervening islands.
major (Hartert, 1895) - Philippines, including Sulu Archipelago, but excluding Palawan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) - 10 files

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