Silver-backed needletail
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| Species: | H. cochinchinensis
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| Hirundapus cochinchinensis (Oustalet, 1878)
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The silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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