Treeswifts

Whiskered Treeswift

Hemiprocne comata

The Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a 21 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Treeswifts

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, Myanmar.

Where to see it: Gunung Panti Recreational Forest · Panti Bird Sanctuary and North Area (Malaysia); Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge · General Area (please use more specific location if possible) (Malaysia); Subic Bay · Nabasan Trail (Philippines); Ulu Ulu National Park Resort (Brunei Darussalam); Bukit Patoi Temburong, Brunei (Brunei Darussalam).

Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist