Swifts

Brown-backed Needletail

Hirundapus giganteus

The Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus) is a 127 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Swifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

127 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

14

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