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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Philippine Needletail* |
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Mearnsia picina |
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Description (10)
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Philippine Needletail
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Other Names (World)
Philippine Spinetail, Philippine Needletail, Philippine Spine-tailed Swift, Philippine Spinetailed Swift
Family
Apodidae (Swifts)
Size
12 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Tweeddale, 1879)
Habitat
Lowland forest.
Philippines (B).
South-central and southern Philippines on Leyte, Negros, Cebu, Biliran, Samar and Mindanao.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat loss through commercial logging, conversion for agriculture and plantation forestry, urban developments and mining, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
Previously placed in Chaetura.
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Philippine Needletail see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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