Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)

Other Names (World)
Crested Treeswift, Crested Swift, Indian Crested Swift

Family
Hemiprocnidae (Treeswifts)

Size
21 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tickell, 1833)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, mangroves. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Sri Lanka, India (west to northern Uttar Pradesh and south-eastern Gujarat), southern Nepal and southern Bhutan to Myanmar, south-central China (south-western Yunnan), north-central and western Thailand (south to Kaeng Krachan) and southern Indochina.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata) [XC447359]
by Sander Bot from Tambon Mae Win, \u0e2d\u0e33\u0e40\u0e20\u0e2d \u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e27\u0e32\u0e07, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand (call)

Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata) [XC206597]
by Mike Nelson from Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis), with which it has been considered conspecific.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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